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.
Strawberry Quartz Faceted Banded 3mm Round - 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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Sunstone 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle - 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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Tanzanite 3mm Banded Microfaceted Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Tanzanite Faceted 3mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Tanzanite Faceted, Yellow & Grey Banded 3mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Topaz Dendritic 3mm Faceted Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Variscite Faceted 3mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Yellow Tourmaline 3mm Faceted Round A Grade - 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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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Carnelian 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Green 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Lavender 3mm Round 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 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 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 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) White 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Red Jasper 3mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Red Jasper is an aggregate of microcrystalline quartz and/or chalcedony and other minerals. The opaque stone’s red color is due to high iron conten...
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Ruby Zoisite 3mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Ruby Zoisite occurs naturally when small Ruby crystals become embedded within Zoisite. The Ruby inclusions in this stone are pink to reddish purple...
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Rhodochrosite 3mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Rhodochrosite is a bubblegum pink to rose red stone, with occasional inclusions of creamy white and dark grey. A manganese carbonate material of th...
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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 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 3mm Faceted Round 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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Sapphire 3mm Round Faceted AAA 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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Emerald 3mm Round Faceted AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Yellow Green Banded Tourmaline 3mm 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 Banded Yellow/Light Blue/White 2.5mm Cube Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Hubei Turquoise Light Blue 2.5mm Cube Faceted AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Hubei Turquoise Multi 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Hubei Turquoise Banded Brown/Blue/Black/Olive 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Hubei Turquoise Blue 3mm Rondelle Faceted, AA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Hubei Turquoise Light Blue with Matrix 3mm Rondelle Faceted, AA Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Bloody Iolite 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted - 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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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Light Yellow Pearl (Synthetic) - 14.5-15 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Light Blue Pearl (Synthetic) - 14.5-15 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Light Orange Pearl (Synthetic) - 14.5-15 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Ruby Faceted (Synthetic) - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Emerald Green Faceted (Synthetic) - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Dark Grey Pearl (Synthetic) - 14.5-15 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round White Sand Pearl (Synthetic) - 14.5-15 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Light Brown Pearl (Synthetic) - 14.5-15 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Dark Olive Faceted (Synthetic) - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Light Smoky Rhodonite Faceted (Synthetic) - 15-16 Inch
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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 3mm Round Lapis Pearl (Synthetic) - 14.5-15 Inch
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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.