Gemstones by Shape

Add natural accents to designs with these Dakota Stones beads. These gemstone beads feature a classic round shape that will work anywhere. They are versatile in size, so you can use them in necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Impression jasper naturally...

Keep your designs colorful with the Dakota Stones 8mm banded fluorite faceted roundel beads. Available by the strand, these rounded beads feature diamond-shaped facets for extra texture and sine. They are the perfect size for matching necklace and...

Make sure your style stands out with these lapis beads from Dakota Stones. These beads feature a classic faceted round shape with diamond-shaped facets cut into the surface for more texture and shine. Each bead features a wide stringing hole, perfect for...

Wonderful neutral tones fill these Dakota Stones gemstone beads. These beads are perfectly round in shape, so they will work in any classic style. They are the perfect size for matching necklace and bracelet sets. They feature easy-on-the-eyes butter...

Create beach vibes in your style with these Dakota Stones beads. These gemstone beads feature a round shape with a star cut filled with triangular facets. With 20 facets, a star cut gemstone enhances even the most intense colors. It makes a great...

Refreshing style fills these Dakota Stones beads. These gemstone beads feature a round shape with a star cut filled with triangular facets. With 20 facets, a star cut gemstone enhances even the most intense colors. It makes a great complement to PRESTIGE...

Add gemstone style to your next design with these beads from Dakota stones. These beads are perfectly round in shape and feature a versatile size that you can use in all kinds of designs. These beads would look wonderful in matching necklace and bracelet...

Bring the classic color of amethyst to your designs with these beads from Dakota Stones. These amethyst beads have a round shape with facets that catch the light. Amethyst is the official birthstone of February. It forms in silica-rich liquids deposited...

Bring the classic color of amethyst to your designs with these beads from Dakota Stones. These amethyst beads have a round shape with facets that catch the light. Amethyst is the official birthstone of February. It forms in silica-rich liquids deposited...

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 beauty fills these aquamarine beads from Dakota stones. These beads are perfectly round in shape and feature a versatile size that you can use in all kinds of designs. These beads would look wonderful in matching necklace and bracelet sets...

Bring the beauty of gemstones to your designs with these 8mm round beads from Dakota Stones. These beads feature a classic round shape. Chrysoprase is a bright apple green, translucent stone, whose color often caused ancient jewelers to confuse it with...

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...

Add splashes of blue to designs with these Dakota Stones beads. These beads feature a rounded shape with diamond-shaped facets cut into the surface for extra texture and shine. They are the perfect size for matching necklace and bracelet sets. Use them...

For a punch of vibrant blue color in your designs, you have to try the blue crazy lace agate 4mm round beads from Dakota Stones. Available by the strand, these round beads feature bright blue color swirled with white and the occasional hint of green...

Bring fun color to designs with these Dakota Stones beads. These gemstone beads feature a round shape with a star cut filled with triangular facets. With 20 facets, a star cut gemstone enhances even the most intense colors. It makes a great complement to...

Give your designs a rich display of color with the bronzite 8mm large-hole round beads from Dakota Stones. Available by the strand, these gemstone beads will amaze and delight with their innovative design. Each bead features a wide stringing hole,...

Give your designs sweet accents with the Dakota Stones cherry quartz 4mm round beads. Available by the strand, these small beads are perfectly round and feature a translucent pink color with peachy undertones. Try these tiny beads as spacers in necklaces...

Bold blue colors fills the dumortierite 8mm round beads from Dakota Stones. These beads feature a round shape for a classic look that works in any style. Each bead shines with a dark blue color full of depth. The 8mm size always looks lovely in bracelets...

Decorate your jewelry designs with these Hubei turquoise beads from Dakota Stones. Gemstone beads are the perfect way to add natural beauty to your jewelry designs. Hubei Turquoise gets its name from the Hubei province in Northern China. Turquoise is an...

Decorate your jewelry designs with these Hubei turquoise beads from Dakota Stones. Gemstone beads are the perfect way to add natural beauty to your jewelry designs. Hubei Turquoise gets its name from the Hubei province in Northern China. Turquoise is an...

You’ll love this Dakota Stones jade rainbow 4mm round bead strand. These beads feature a classic round shape and a variety of orange, yellow, white and even grey colors. Their versatile size makes them a good choice for all kinds of projects...

Bring the shimmer of Labradorite to your designs with these gemstone beads from Dakota Stones. These round beads emit blue and purple fire when the light hits them. Labradorite is named for Labrador Island in Canada, where it was first discovered. Add...

Bold style fills these Dakota Stones beads. These beads take on a classic round shape with beautiful facets that shine from every angle. You'll love the way they catch the eye in your projects. The dark blue color of these beads is lit up by flecks of...

Dark elegance fills these lapis lazuli round beads from Dakota Stones. Available by the strand, these bold beads are spherical in shape and feature glittering golden color sprinkled over a dark blue background. Lapis lazuli is a semi-precious stone that...

Put sweet and shining touches on your style with these Dakota Stones lavender amethyst beads. These gemstone beads feature a round shape with a star cut filled with triangular facets. You'll love using these versatile beads in necklaces, bracelets, and...

Stand out with gemstone style. These Dakota Stones beads are perfectly round in shape and would look great in matching necklace and bracelet sets. They feature turquoise color with a brown and black matrix. The matte finish adds a soft appearance. This...

Decorate your jewelry designs with the gemstone style of these Dakota Stones beads. Amazonite is a member of the feldspar family, Amazonite, also known as Amazon Stone, ranges in color from blue-green to green. It is an opaque stone, often found with...

Earthy beauty fills these Dakota Stones beads. These gemstone beads feature a round shape with a star cut filled with triangular facets. With 20 facets, a star cut gemstone enhances even the most intense colors. It makes a great complement to PRESTIGE...

Add gemstone beauty to your jewelry designs with these beads from Dakota Stones. These blood quartz beads feature a beautiful blend of reddish-orange, deep red, brown, and frosted transparent colors. The matte finish gives them a soft appearance. They...

Create a rich color palette with these beads from Dakota Stones. These gemstone beads feature a beautiful blend of reddish-orange, deep red, brown, and frosted transparent colors. The matte finish gives them a soft appearance. They will add a rich look...

Decorate your jewelry designs with the gemstone style of these Dakota Stones beads. Fluorite is a luminous, soft and glassy stone, sometimes referred to as the most colorful mineral in the world. It is one of the most sought-after minerals among gem and...

Add accents of bold elegance to your designs with the matte onyx 4mm round beads from Dakota Stones. These small beads feature a solid shade of black with a soft, muted shine and a perfectly round shape. These are the perfect beads to pair with bright...

Earthy beauty fills these matte Picture Jasper beads from Dakota Stones. Available by the strand, these gemstone beads feature a rounded shape that you can use as spacers or focal points. Each bead features a wide stringing hole, perfect for using with...

Like twinkles of light from stars surrounded by inky darkness, the onyx 6mm faceted roundels from Dakota Stones display black color interspersed with twinkling shine. These rounded beads feature a glossy black color that is only enhanced by the small...

Bring a bit of green to your designs with these Dakota Stones gemstone beads. These Peridot beads have a classic round shape and feature facets that bring extra sparkle. They feature cheerful spring green color. Peridot is the birthstone for the month of...

For a touch of fun color in your projects, try these Dakota Stones beads. They feature deep pink color with swirling patterns. They are small in size, so they will bring fun pops of color to necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Mexican crazy lace agate is...

Warm drops of purple color will accent your designs when you use the purple crazy lace agate 4mm round beads from Dakota Stones. These small round beads would make excellent spacers in colorful designs. The purple color is swirled with burgundy and black...

Simple, classic shape combines with rich, royal color in the purple crazy lace agate 8mm round beads from Dakota Stones. These beads would look beautiful with silk ribbon. The purple color is swirled with banded patterns of burgundy and black. They have...

Luxurious style can be yours with these gemstone beads from Dakota Stones. These round beads are tiny in size and feature diamond-shaped facets cut into the surface for added shine. These beads would work well in bead embroidery or seed bead designs. Use...

Bring daring style to your designs with these Dakota Stones beads. These red garnet beads feature a round shape with diamond-shaped facets bringing extra shine and texture to each bead. They are versatile in size, so you can use them in necklaces,...

Create an organic style with these gemstone beads. These gemstone beads feature a classic round shape that can be used anywhere. They are the perfect size for matching necklace and bracelet sets. These rhyolite beads feature swirls of sage, olive, cream,...

Sweeten up your style with these Dakota Stones beads. These gemstone beads feature a round shape with a star cut filled with triangular facets. You'll love using these beads in matching necklace and bracelet sets. These beads feature a soft, pale pink...

Bold color fills these 3mm round beads from Dakota Stones. These ruby beads feature red and purple colors, along with some brown and orange tones. These beads are small in size, so you can use them as small accents of color in earrings or a bracelet...

Add a sleek combination of colors to your designs with these snowflake obsidian 4mm round beads from Dakota Stones. Available by the strand, these beads feature black color accented by inclusions of small, white clustered crystals that produce a blotchy...

Honey color fills the Dakota Stones yellow Jade 4mm round beads. Available by the strand, these beads are perfectly round in shape, so they will work well in classic styles. They are small in size, making them excellent spacers or accents of color. This...

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Denim lapis beads provide a more economical, lighter blue variety of lapis lazuli beads. Like other lapis, denim lapis contains grains of several blue minerals, including lazurite and sodalite, plus a matrix that includes speckles of pyrite. The lighter...

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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 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 background. Some...

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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...

Howlite beads are cut from a naturally white form of calcium silicoborate that often features a dark gray or black spider-web matrix. Sometimes called albino turquoise, white jasper, or white turquoise, naturally white howlite is perfect for creating...

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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...

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Agate is said to be named for the place it first was found — along the River Achates (now called the River Drillo) in Sicily. In ancient times, agate was highly valued as a talisman or amulet. It was said to quench thirst and protect from fever. Persian...

The name Lapis Lazuli comes from the Latin word for "stone" (lapis) and the Arabian word for "blue" (azul). True to their name, these semiprecious beads offer naturally blue shades with inclusions that twinkle like stars in the tales of the Arabian...

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Malachite beads are also known as peacock stone beads, pseudo emerald beads, and silver peak jade beads. This lush green gemstone is a basic copper carbonate that is vividly banded. It is a chemical twin of azurite, and the two stones are commonly found...

Cape Amethyst beads are cut from amethyst that is layered or striped with milky quartz that forms attractive patterns in the stone. This semiprecious gemstone is usually translucent and ranges in color from light purple to medium purple. Our cape...

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...

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...

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...

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 considered valuable for opening the heart...

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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...

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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Orthoceras is a genus of extinct nautiloid cephalopod. Their long slender shells varied in length from less than a centimeter to more than 14 feet! You may have seen stunning large carved panels, book ends or tables showcasing multiple Orthoceras...

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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,...

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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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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...

Silver leaf jasper beads provide subtle, sophisticated colors and patterns with dominant shades of cream, tan, gray, and black that, when combined, can give a silvery appearance. Bits of brown and occasionally red can also be present.The patterns on...

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...

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. Some inclusions can be bubbles or...

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Variscite is a relatively rare phosphate mineral that is named for Variscia, the medieval name of Vogtland, Germany. It is sometimes confused with turquoise but is usually greener. Variscite's bright color comes from traces of chromium. It has a waxy...

Wild Horse jasper is also known as wildhorse picture jasper, American picture jasper, and owyhee jasper. Jaspers have been popular since the ancient world. They are said to give the wearer courage to speak out and bravery to achieve personal independence...

Chrysocolla is a hydrated copper phyllosilicate mineral, in shades of green, blue, blue-green, black and brown. It is commonly found in copper mines. Pure chrysocolla is soft and fragile. However, most chrysocolla beads are in a matrix of rock crystal...

Iolite: Also known as water sapphires, dichroite, Spanish lazulite, and Vikings' compass, the transparent purple-blue variety of this stone is iolite, named after the Greek word for violet, ios. While this semiprecious gemstone has a nice Mohs hardness...

The name Lapis Lazuli comes from the Latin word for "stone" (lapis) and the Arabian word for "blue" (azul). True to their name, these semiprecious beads offer naturally blue shades with inclusions that twinkle like stars in the tales of the Arabian...

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

Quartz is said to be the universal healing stone. Quartz crystals are believed to promote hope, happiness, and optimism while awakening us to the beauty of nature.Amethyst, the purple variety of quartz, is said to instill high ideals and urge one to do...

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...

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...