Gemstones by Shape

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Moonstone: With its ghostly glow, this feldspar stone almost seems magical. High-quality rainbow moonstone is usually chatoyant and sometimes displays a strong cat's eye. The floating-light phenomenon and sheen of moonstone are called adularescence or...

Moonstone Beads from Rings & Things: With its ghostly glow, this feldspar stone almost seems magical. High-quality rainbow moonstone is usually chatoyant and sometimes displays a strong cat's eye. The floating-light phenomenon and sheen of moonstone are...

Morganite is the pink to orange-pink variety of beryl, a mineral that includes emerald and aquamarine. Morganite is a pink stone of love. It is said to carry an energy that can warm the soul of its wearer. It is best used for opening the heart chakra and...

Moss Agate: Also known as mocha stone beads, moss agate beads contain dense inclusions of green hornblende, a basic silicate mineral. These semiprecious beads provide lush green hues reminiscent of Pacific Northwest rainforests and the Irish countryside...

Tourmaline is a complex crystalline silicate containing aluminum, boron and other elements. Its name derives from the Sinhalese (Sri Lankan) word tura mali, meaning "stone of mixed colors," and tourmaline is indeed found in blue (indicolite), yellow,...

Spinel forms in a wide variety of colors: black, blue, red, violet, green, brown, pink, white and colorless, and is most famous for its brilliant red variety that closely resembles ruby. Spinel was named in 1779 by Jean Demeste from the latin "spinella",...

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Obsidian (pronounced ub-SIH-dee-in) is a natural glass that forms from volcanic activity. The gemstone is made of the same minerals as granite, but cooled so quickly that the minerals did not have time to crystallize. Obsidian is somewhat fragile, and is...

It's been a long time since we've seen Ocean Jasper this nice! The beautiful swirls on ocean jasper beads often look like dramatic sea spray and sea foam. Also known as fisheye jasper and orbicular jasper, this semiprecious gemstone comes from a...

Olive Jade: Yellowish-green olive jade beads and pendants 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. See the...

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Picasso marble offer muted and masculine colors with an earthy edge. Like all forms of marble, Picasso marble (aka Picasso jasper and Picasso stone) comes from limestone. It was formed when magma covered limestone fields during prehistoric times. As heat...

Picasso marble offer muted and masculine colors with an earthy edge. Like all forms of marble, Picasso marble (aka Picasso jasper and Picasso stone) comes from limestone. It was formed when magma covered limestone fields during prehistoric times. As heat...

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...

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...

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...

Pomegranate jasper beads display typical brecciated jasper patterns in shades of red, with contrasting swirls of cream, dark brown and black. Our pomegranate jasper beads may also include druzy-like spots of sparkling crystalline agate. The metaphysical...

Pomegranate jasper beads display typical brecciated jasper patterns in shades of red, with contrasting swirls of cream, dark brown and black. Our pomegranate jasper beads may also include druzy-like spots of sparkling crystalline agate. The metaphysical...

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Prehnite beads are also known as cape emerald beads and look extremely similar to green tourmalated quartz beads. Usually ranging from pale to grass green, prehnite can also be gray, white, black, brown or colorless. These semiprecious beads are hard,...

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Pyrite BeadsAlso known as fool's gold, pyrite beads offer a glittering option for gemstone jewelry components. Sometimes mistaken for gold, pyrite is actually iron sulfide and has an opaque, shiny, metallic luster. The gemstone trade often mistakenly...

Pyrite: Also known as fool's gold, pyrite beads are crystalline iron sulfide, and offer a glittering option for gemstone jewelry components. This semiprecious gemstone has an opaque, shiny, metallic luster. The gemstone trade often mistakenly calls these...

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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...

Natural 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. Some of these semiprecious gemstone beads contain...

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...

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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...

Red Jasper beads and pendants display an earthy acorn-red color with dark-gray stripes. The stripes in these semiprecious stones are veins of quartz. Red jaspers are favored by by gemstone healers, for regulating metabolic energy and promoting physical...

Red snowflake obsidian beads offer you lovely semiprecious beads in mixed shades of reddish-brown and creamy pink, with attractive black speckles. Obsidian (pronounced ub-SIH-dee-in) is a natural glass that forms from volcanic activity. As a result,...

Rhodonite is an opaque, deep rosy pink to lavender gemstone with characteristic black veins called dendrites. Composed of manganese silicate, it makes a more durable gemstone than rhodochrosite, which is reactive to acids. Rhodonite, on the other hand,...

Rhodonite is an opaque, deep rosy pink to lavender gemstone with characteristic black veins called dendrites. Composed of manganese silicate, it makes a more durable gemstone than rhodochrosite, which is reactive to acids. Rhodonite, on the other hand,...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Sky Eye Jasper BeadsOur sky eye jasper beads come primarily in shades of gray, tan, red, and golden yellow. We were told that this form of jasper gets its name from the pretty sky blue color found in its mix of shades - well, our stock must be more...

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...

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...

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...

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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Snowflake obsidian is also known as flowering obsidian, probably because of the radiating patterns it displays.Usually black or dark gray with light gray patches, these semiprecious beads are believed to assist with clarity and logic. As with other...

Sodalite: Also known as Canadian blue stone and Canadian lapis, sodalite is characterized by an intense dark blue hue with white and sometimes yellow streaks. Sodalite consists of a sodium aluminum chlorine silicate that is almost identical in...

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Our Sonora Jasper beads have striking desert-landscape patterns in subtle desert colors of red, brown, tan, cream and gray-blue. The tracks and circles on these beads are reminiscent of the famed "canals" on Mars, as well as dentritic sun-dried waterways...

Our Sonora Jasper beads have striking desert-landscape patterns in subtle desert colors of red, brown, tan, cream and gray-blue. The tracks and circles on these beads are reminiscent of the famed "canals" on Mars, as well as dentritic sun-dried waterways...

Strawberry vs. Cherry quartz: Sometimes cherry "quartz" (a pretty pink imitation gemstone) is erroneously called strawberry quartz. You can see the difference between the two gemstones if you look closely (you may need a loupe or magnifier). Cherry...

Named after French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier, the semiprecious gemstone dumortierite is typically blue or violet. Beads cut from this borosilicate mineral are also known as blue quartz beads (and are sometimes spelled dumortirite beads). The...

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...

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,...

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,...

Lovely lavender-purple tanzanite is actually a blue zoisite that was renamed by jewelry store Tiffany & Co. as a tribute to where it was first discovered (Tanzania). Tanzanite has become a popular alternate birthstone for December. The semiprecious...

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...

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...

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...

Tourmalated quartz beads are cut from quartz that is imbued with dark needles of tourmaline. Also known as black hair quartz beads, these beautiful semiprecious beads are in the family of macrocrystalline quartz - that is, quartz with crystals that are...

Tourmalated quartz beads are cut from quartz that is imbued with dark needles of tourmaline. Also known as black hair quartz beads, these beautiful semiprecious beads are in the family of macrocrystalline quartz - that is, quartz with crystals that are...

Our multicolor tourmaline beads provide you with beautiful mixed strands of different colors of semiprecious tourmaline, usually in shades of pink, green, brown, tan and gray.Tourmaline is one of October's birthstones, and has been used a gemstone for...

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