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.
Ruby Banded 2mm Round - 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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Ruby Sapphire Faceted 2mm Round - A - 15-16 Inch
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Rutilated Quartz 2mm Table Cut Cube Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Rutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle-like inclusions of Rutile. These “needles” usually appear golden, but can also app...
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Seraphinite 2mm Round Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Seraphinite's chatoyancy (optical reflectance) gives it a feathery appearance associated with angels (also known as seraphim.) Seraphinite is most ...
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Sunstone 2mm Faceted Cube - 15-16 Inch
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Sunstone, a variety of Feldspar, is aptly named for its shades of gold, orange, red and brown, as well as its iridescent sparkle. As the stone catc...
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Hubei Turquoise 2mm Faceted Cube - 15-16 Inch
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Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...
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Hubei Turquoise Banded 2mm Faceted Cube 15-16 Inch
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Yellow Opal 2mm Table Cut Cube Banded Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Yellow Opal is transparent to opaque, milky white to pale yellow in color. It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that bran...
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Carnelian 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia, abbreviated as CZ, is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide. Made to resemble Diamonds, these stones offer the same beauty and spark...
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Green 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Lavender 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Lemon 2x3mm Rondelle 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) Orange Garnet 2x3mm Rondelle 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) Red Garnet 2x3mm 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) Yellow 2x3mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Green 2mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch
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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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Emerald 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle A 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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Emerald 2mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 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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Emerald 2x3mm 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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Pink Green Yellow Banded Tourmaline 2mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch
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Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to...
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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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Hubei Turquoise Multi 2mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Hubei Turquoise Banded Brown/Yellow/Blue 2mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Hubei Light Blue Turquoise 1-2x6mm Heishi A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle 10 Multi Color Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia, abbreviated as CZ, is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide. Made to resemble Diamonds, these stones offer the same beauty and spark...
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle 9 Multi Color Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia, abbreviated as CZ, is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide. Made to resemble Diamonds, these stones offer the same beauty and spark...
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle Lavender Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle Green Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle Blue Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle Pink Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle Red & Orange Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia, abbreviated as CZ, is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide. Made to resemble Diamonds, these stones offer the same beauty and spark...
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Rose Quartz 2x4mm Thin Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Rose Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal and one of the most common varieties of the Quartz family. It is a translucent to transparent stone with a...
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Strawberry Quartz 2x4mm Thin Faceted Rondelle - 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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Mixed Sapphire 2x4mm Thin Faceted Rondelle - 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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Diopside 2x4mm Thin Faceted Rondelle - 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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Hubei Turquoise 2-3x7mm Blue Heishi - 15-16 Inch
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Multi Spinel 2.5mm Table Cut Cube AA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Spinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not onl...
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Multi Spinel 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle AA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Multi Spinel 1.5x2mm Faceted Rondelle AA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Multi Spinel 2mm Faceted Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Diopside 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle AA 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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White Howlite 2x4mm Tube Beads - 15-16 Inch
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White Howlite is named for Canadian mineralogist Henry How, who first discovered the stone in Southern California in 1868. It is typically white or...
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Labradorite 2x4mm Tube Beads - 15-16 Inch
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Labradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This...
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Tiger Eye 2x4mm Tube Beads - 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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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.