16-Inch Gemstones
The 16-inch strand is the industry standard—and no one stocks more of them than Dakota Stones. Browse more than 200 stone types across every color and pattern, from everyday staples like Amethyst and Jasper to collector favorites such as Red Garnet and rare Turquoise mine-runs. Because the strands measure a full 15 – 16 inches, you get enough beads for matching earring pairs, stretch bracelets, or a necklace focal and still have extras for accents.
Need to drill down fast? Use the filter bar to sort by Stone Type when you know the gem you want, or by Color when you’re building a palette first. Shapes range from classic rounds and rondelles to cubes, heishi, chips, and rare designer cuts—each strand calibrated for even sizing and smooth stringing.
Whether you’re a hobbyist replenishing a bead board or a pro assembling a full production run, this category is the workhorse of our catalog: reliable lengths, vast variety, and new additions arriving every month. Dive in, filter your way to the perfect strand, and keep your design queue flowing with Dakota Stones’ biggest collection.
Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Lemon 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Light Green 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Multi 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Multi 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Multi 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Orange Garnet 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Orange Garnet 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Orange Garnet 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Peach 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Pink 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Pink 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Purple 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Red Garnet 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Red Garnet 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) White 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) White 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Yellow 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Dark Green 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Green 2mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Light Green 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Peach 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Purple 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Red 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Strawberry Quartz 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Strawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has...
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Cacoxenite 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite is the trade name for this naturally occurring blend of seven stone types. It was originally named for the visible inclusions of the min...
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Dog Teeth Amethyst 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Dog Teeth Amethyst has a purple and white striped appearance due to its combination of Amethyst and White Quartz. The name derives from the recurri...
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Iolite 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Iolite most commonly occurs in shades of blue to gray, violet or indigo. It displays a visual property called “pleochroism,” which means that it ca...
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Red Garnet 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Red Garnet is the most commonly known type of Garnet, which occurs in many colors. Garnet has been used for adornment and spirituality by myriad cu...
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Brazilian Amazonite 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
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Botswana Agate 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Botswana Agate displays highly defined parallel banding, usually in white on hues of brown, gray, pink, tan, apricot and purplish red. Botswana Aga...
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Crystal Quartz 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Crystal Quartz is a naturally occurring clear and colorless Quartz. It is a crystalline form of Quartz said to have many divine properties includin...
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Ruby 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Ruby is a precious gemstone known for its deep red color. It is a variety of the mineral corundum, the second-hardest mineral next to diamond . The...
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Ruby and Sapphire 8mm Faceted Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Ruby has long been considered one of the most beautiful and valuable gemstones on the planet. It is also one of the hardest, second only to Diamond...
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Emerald 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Emerald is one of the four “precious” gemstones, the others being Diamond, Ruby and Sapphire. It is the green form of Beryl, colored by trace amoun...
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Ruby 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Ruby is a precious gemstone known for its deep red color. It is a variety of the mineral corundum, the second-hardest mineral next to diamond . The...
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Emerald 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Ruby 4mm Faceted Coin A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Ruby is a precious gemstone known for its deep red color. It is a variety of the mineral corundum, the second-hardest mineral next to diamond . The...
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Emerald 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Emerald 3mm Faceted Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Sapphire 4mm Faceted Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Sapphires are precious gemstones, but unlike rubies, they come in a rainbow of colors besides red! They are all varieties of the mineral corundum,...
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Sapphire 3mm Round Faceted AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Diopside 4mm Round Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Diopside is a calcium and magnesium silicate mineral. It is transparent or translucent, and can display a nearly emerald green color due to the pre...
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Emerald 3mm Round Faceted AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Australian Chrysoprase 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Chrysoprase is a bright apple green, translucent stone, whose color often caused ancient jewelers to confuse it with Emerald. A cryptocrystalline C...
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Copper Hematoid Quartz 12mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch
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Hematoid Quartz is Quartz with inclusions of hematite. The hematite inclusions are responsible for the stone’s color, which can be yellow, orange, ...
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Tiger Eye 12mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch
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Tiger Eye is a macrocrystalline Quartz stone with bands of rich golds and browns. Its chatoyant layers that create a flash which seems to emanate f...
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Iolite 4x6mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Iolite most commonly occurs in shades of blue to gray, violet or indigo. It displays a visual property called “pleochroism,” which means that it ca...
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Red Garnet 4x6mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Red Garnet is the most commonly known type of Garnet, which occurs in many colors. Garnet has been used for adornment and spirituality by myriad cu...
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Frequently asked questions
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What is a 16-inch strand and why is it the trade standard?
A 16-inch strand is the working length most US jewelry designers buy for design-grade work — necklaces, multi-strand layouts, and bulk component sourcing. It gives enough beads to lay out a full 18–20 inch necklace with clasp and findings, or to cut down into shorter assemblies without running short. The 16-inch length has been the trade default for decades because it standardizes pricing and bead-count math across stones and cuts. Dakota's 16-inch hub covers the full catalog at this length, across rounds, rondelles, faceted cuts, cubes, coins, and shape work. The bracelet counterpart is the 8-inch strand. -
How many beads per 16-inch strand at common sizes?
Approximate bead counts per 16-inch strand assume snug-strung beads with no spacer drift. At 2mm you get roughly 200 beads, at 3mm about 135, at 4mm about 100, at 6mm about 66, at 8mm about 50, at 10mm about 40, and at 12mm about 33. Faceted cuts, rondelles, and irregular shapes (pebble, nugget, coin) vary — count is driven by the bead's drilled axis, not its widest dimension. Exact count should be disclosed; ask before buying if a piece-count is critical for your design and isn't specified. -
16-inch vs 8-inch — which length for which project?
16-inch is the necklace and design-strand length: enough material for an 18–20 inch finished necklace, multi-strand torsades, long earring drops, or component cutting. 8-inch is the bracelet length: pre-cut to the wrist standard, sized for stretch-cord bracelets and single-wrap pieces. Designers running production bracelet lines typically buy 8-inch to skip the cut-down step; designers doing necklace work, statement pieces, or mixed assemblies buy 16-inch for the bead count and pricing efficiency. Both lengths share the same stones and cuts where stocked — the choice is about finished-piece geometry, not material grade. -
What stones and cuts does Dakota carry in 16-inch?
The 16-inch hub spans the full catalog. Most-stocked stones include agate, turquoise, quartz, jasper, tourmaline, moonstone, garnet, labradorite, opal, and amazonite, with deeper coverage across feldspar, chalcedony, and silica varieties. Cut coverage runs from smooth round and faceted round (the largest categories) through rondelle, microfaceted round, pebble and nugget, cube, table-cut cube, faceted cube, and coin. Standard sizes are 4mm, 6mm, 8mm, and 10mm, with 2mm and 3mm in microfaceted work and 12mm in larger statement rounds. Filter by stone, cut, or size to narrow the grid. -
How does Dakota measure 16-inch strand lengths?
Strand length is measured end-to-end along the drilled axis, beads strung snug with no gaps. A 16-inch strand can run 15.5 to 16.5 inches depending on bead shape and how the cutter finished the temporary string — irregular shapes (nugget, pebble, raw-faceted) sit at the looser end because the drill points don't always center on the bead's midline. Bead count per strand reflects this variance. Length and approximate count should be disclosed; if you need a tight tolerance for a calibrated production run, ask before buying so the team can pull and measure before shipping.