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Cherry "Quartz" is a very pretty mixture of clear glass with thin swirls and needles of pink. This manmade gemstone is similar in hue to PRESTIGE Crystal's color padparadscha. Some people use the name "strawberry quartz" for this material that we call...

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Iolite: This silicate mineral (cordierite) can occur as crystals or grains in igneous rocks, as a result of aluminous sediment in magma. Also known as water sapphires, dichroite, Spanish lazulite, and Vikings' compass, the transparent purple-blue variety...

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Rainbow Amazonite BeadsNatural rainbow amazonite beads offer a wider color range than our other semiprecious amazonite beads, displaying not just shades of pale sea-mist blue-green, but also gray, brown, yellow, and rust. Sometimes these semiprecious...

Brownish smoky quartz beads are almost always cut from rock crystal quartz that has been heat-treated to produce this coveted color (ours included). Tones of smoky quartz range from yellowish to deep translucent brown. Good specimens of natural untreated...

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Tigereye Beads come in richly chatoyant browns and yellows with a golden luster. While legends exist of Roman soldiers wearing this "all seeing" stone for protection in battle, tigereye was not considered a semiprecious gemstone until the late 19th...

Tigereye Beads come in richly chatoyant browns and yellows with a golden luster. While legends exist of Roman soldiers wearing this "all seeing" stone for protection in battle, tigereye was not considered a semiprecious gemstone until the late 19th...

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Create glittering gemstone accents in your jewelry designs with these Dakota Stones beads. These small beads take on a classic bicone shape with beautiful facets that shine from every angle. You'll love the way they catch the eye in your projects. Use...

Earthy elegance fills these Dakota Stones gemstone beads. Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the combination of carbonated water, limestone and copper...

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Larvikite, more commonly known as black labradorite, is an igneous rock that occurs only in the Oslo rift near Larvik, Norway. Like labradorite, larvikite is a coarse-grained mixture of plagioclase and feldspar. Individual grains of anorthoclase within...

Cherry "Quartz" is a very pretty mixture of clear glass with thin swirls and needles of pink. This manmade gemstone is similar in hue to PRESTIGE Crystal's color padparadscha. Some people use the name "strawberry quartz" for this material that we call...

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Rock crystal quartz, the most common form of macrocrystalline quartz, is a clear quartz with a colorless, transparent, quiet beauty. We're told that our supply of rock crystal beads is natural, but occasionally we suspect we've been sold lab-grown...

Brownish smoky quartz beads are almost always cut from rock crystal quartz that has been heat-treated to produce this coveted color (ours included). Tones of smoky quartz range from yellowish to deep translucent brown. Good specimens of natural untreated...

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Super Seven is an unusual form of quartz that is famous for having seven crystals in one. The seven are: Amethyst, Cacoxenite, Goethite, Lepidocrocite, Rutile, Smoky Quartz, and Clear Quartz (Rock Crystal). Also known as the Melody Stone or Sacred Stone,...

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Garnets are named after punica granatum (pomegranate), due to garnet's resemblance to pomegranate seeds. Garnets come in a variety of shades, but generally when you hear the word "Garnet" you think of this deep rich red. Garnet is actually a group of...

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Cacoxenite by itself is an iron aluminium phosphate mineral associated with iron mining. It has a silky luster, and a hexagonal crystalline structure that grows in a radial pattern. When it forms within amethyst and other forms of quartz, it displays as...

Dyed "Crazy Lace" Calcite is available in fantastic color options, for great prices. It is clearly a "reconstituted" or "block" type of gemstone, which means it is a mixture of resin, dyes, and potentially some gemstone content -- in this case,...

Dyed "Crazy Lace" Calcite is available in fantastic color options, for great prices. It is clearly a "reconstituted" or "block" type of gemstone, which means it is a mixture of resin, dyes, and potentially some gemstone content -- in this case,...

Add gleaming accents to designs with these Dakota Stones beads. These small gemstone beads feature a circular shape with a puffed edge and a diamond-cut faceted face. The surface catches the light in a multitude of directions. Use these small beads as...

Bring gemstone style to your designs with these Dakota Stones 7 x 10mm table cut cube beads. These beads feature a cube shape with table facets. The red garnet is the most commonly known type of Garnet, and is found in many colors. It has been used by...

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Fancy jasper beads are also known as India agate beads. These pretty semiprecious beads and gemstone donuts add color to any jewelry application with their swirls and speckles of lavender, green, pink, orange, and/or red on an opaque creamy beige or gray...

Garnet is actually a group of closely related isomorphic minerals which can even intergrow within one crystal! Our green garnet beads are most likely Grossular garnet, which has a wide range of potential colors from a warm cinnamon color through shades...

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African Turquoise BeadsAfrican turquoise is a descriptive name and is not true turquoise, but actually a jasper found in Africa. These semiprecious beads have a matrix structure similar to that of turquoise, and are light bluish-green in color. The...

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Sand-colored picture jasper beads display streaks and marking that often seem to depict landscapes - from desert sand dunes to rocky mountains to dry riverbeds. This semiprecious gemstone is actually petrified mud. The mud was rich in quartz that oozed...

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Rose quartz is one of the most desirable varieties of quartz in the gemstone trade. Also known as ancona ruby and mont blanc ruby, these semiprecious gemstones display a lovely, unique pink tone. Rose quartz beads have been found in Mesopotamia that date...

Brownish smoky quartz beads and briolettes are almost always cut from rock crystal quartz that has been heat-treated to produce this coveted color (ours included). Tones of smoky quartz range from yellowish to dep translucent brown. Good specimens of...

Aquamarine is a traditional birthstone for March. See Related Products links (below) for similar items and additional jewelry-making supplies that are often used with this item. Questions? E-mail us for friendly, expert help!

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Rose quartz is one of the most desirable varieties of quartz in the gemstone trade. Also known as ancona ruby and mont blanc ruby, these semiprecious gemstones display a lovely, unique pink tone. Rose quartz beads have been found in Mesopotamia that date...

Druzy: The stunning visual appeal of druzy beads and pendants makes them great options for jewelry focals. Sometimes spelled druse or drusy, druzy is a layer of fine crystals that forms on the inner surfaces of geodes and rock fractures over millions of...

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Cacoxenite by itself is an iron aluminium phosphate mineral associated with iron mining. It has a silky luster, and a hexagonal crystalline structure that grows in a radial pattern. When it forms within amethyst and other forms of quartz, it displays as...

Sunstone beads consist of feldspar crystals that were formed in molten lava, then discharged onto the surface of the earth by volcanic eruptions. As the lava weathers away or is broken up, the crystals are released. This semiprecious gemstone is also...

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Amethyst is the most highly prized variety of quartz, and if not for its widespread availability, would be very expensive. With its luscious purple color, it is the official birthstone for February and one of our best-selling gemstones. The stone's name...

Sardonyx is a variety of onyx that typically comes in shades of red (the word "sard" means "red"). Our Black Sardonyx beads are predominantly black, with bands, stripes and swirls of bright white, milky semitranslucent white, and occasionally dark...

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The name apatite is quite appropriate, considering this mineral makes up the teeth in all vertebrate animals (and teeth are used to satisfy one's appetite!). In fact, it comprises more than 60% of the bones and teeth in humans, fish, birds, cows, and...

Dyed "Crazy Lace" Calcite is available in fantastic color options, for great prices. It is clearly a "reconstituted" or "block" type of gemstone, which means it is a mixture of resin, dyes, and potentially some gemstone content -- in this case,...

Bring the beauty of gemstones to your designs with this aquamarine beads from Dakota Stones. These beads feature a round shape with facets that help catch the light. Aquamarine is the Latin term for “water of the sea.” This stone was once thought to be...

Gemstone style fills these beads from Dakota Stones. These blue apatite beads have a round shape with facets that catch the light. Blue apatite is a blue transparent phosphate material. It derives from the Greek word "apate," meaning to deceive, because...

Bring gemstone style to your designs with these Dakota Stones 7 x 10mm table cut cube beads. These beads feature a cube shape with table facets. Coral is made up from once living sea coral, which has been colored by carotenoids and is composed of...

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Eagle Eye (Jasper?): It's difficult to find reliable information on Eagle Eye. We were told it's jasper, but it has hints of shimmer and translucence that don't normally occur in jaspers. Is it feldspar (like moonstone and labradorite)? Is it a gray form...

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Fancy jasper beads are also known as India agate beads. These pretty semiprecious beads and gemstone donuts add color to any jewelry application with their swirls and speckles of lavender, green, pink, orange, and/or red on an opaque creamy beige or gray...

Fancy jasper beads are also known as India agate beads. These pretty semiprecious beads and gemstone donuts add color to any jewelry application with their swirls and speckles of lavender, green, pink, orange, and/or red on an opaque creamy beige or gray...

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Also known as evening stone, lithia amethyst, and pink spodumene, kunzite offer a touch of pastels to our gemstone beads line. One of few naturally pink gemstones, this transparent stone is a pale-pink to lilac variety of the mineral spodumene. Similar...

Labradorite beads and pendants offer striking rainbow-colored reflections when light hits them from a particular direction. The labradorescence, or schiller, in these semiprecious beads and pendants offers the same stunning visual effect created by...

Natural agate beads add a warm glow to jewelry creations, from the glow of a hearth fire in winter, to the glow of a beach sunset in summer! Also known as multicolor carnelian beads, our natural agate beads offer shades ranging from deep orange to bright...

The name apatite is quite appropriate, considering this mineral makes up the teeth in all vertebrate animals (and teeth are used to satisfy one's appetite!). In fact, it comprises more than 60% of the bones and teeth in humans, fish, birds, cows, and...

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Olive Jade: Yellowish-green olive jade beads are occasionally called peridot stone due to their color (not because of any relationship to that gemstone). Olive jade is actually a form of serpentine, and is not a "true" jade. These semiprecious beads are...

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Red creek jasper beads are also known as Chinese picasso beads, reed picasso beads, and red cherry creek jasper beads. While these stunning semiprecious beads offer wonderful patterns in shades of rusty red, ochre, taupe and gray, the name is descriptive...

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