Hi
I have made some gorgeous pieces of jewellery using deep purple amethyst beads however, I've noticed that the quality varies significantly even from the same sources. The last order I recieved were really disappointing - advertised as Grade A but were much paler and cloudy in appearance. Like a true jewellery diva I returned them to the supplier but thus far haven't received a replacement yet.
Do any of you know of a good supplier? Do you find inconsistency often with the quality from suppliers? (This is all still very new to me!)

Thanks in advance.

BeeDee