Ah, i see now what you mean! You can se them really well on tubes like 
Z566M ,  they are made of glass wich isnt clear, it has more like a white 
color.

On Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:24:19 PM UTC+1, Terry Kennedy wrote:
>
> On Jun 17, 1:04 pm, kay486 <luckyl...@gmail.com> wrote: 
> > Hi there, i really like your life story! 
> > What are the beads you are reffering to? 
>
> They are approximately torus-shaped (donut / bagel) except that the 
> top and bottoms are flat instead of curved, and the sides are 
> vertical. They are inserted in a formed metal base and leads are 
> inserted, and then the whole assembly goes through the hydrogen 
> furnace to fuse the glass to the metal pieces. 
>
> In this picture (not mine, just one I found with Google image search) 
> the beads are the two dark rings around the wire leads. That is the 
> simplest form of bead - some have provisions for multple wire leads 
> and may be other than round. 
>
> http://tp01.com/estore/images/4%20MHz%20quartz%20crystal.jpg

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