Well you sure burst my bubble there lol! I tested with acetone and they were SOAKED in dye! Sigh.. I really thought they were something special. I didn't spend much on them as they were less than 5% of an all in all pretty nice lot of old (as well as old seeming apparently lol) beads.
I wanted to say thanks for the lesson though because even though I have been collecting beads pretty much as long as I can remember, I only recently actually became curious about bead history (yes until about a year ago they were just neat and or pretty lol)
Over this past year though I have spent several hours almost daily trying to learn everything I can about them, & since I'm not studying any type in particular but any & all that seem interesting from my huge random collection it is kind of overwhelming! So I hope you all don't find my ignorance too annoying, because this seems to me to be an ideal place for learning. I appreciate your input a lot!

Also since you are an expert on this type of bead please let me know what you think of these if you would be so kind. I believe they're carnelian. They are between about 10mm to 12mm in size.