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All High-End Strands

Extraordinary stones deserve their own stage. The High-End collection spotlights strands cut from the best rough—think vivid tourmaline slices, saturated emerald rounds, and near-flawless sapphire rondelles—each artisan-cut to showcase maximum light, clarity, and play of color. Many lots yield only a handful of strands, so what you see here often can’t be reordered once it’s gone.
Expect designer-grade polish, tightly calibrated dimensions, and hand-matched color flow that speeds up layout work at the bench. If your next piece calls for materials that command attention and hold long-term value, this curated lineup delivers the rarest options in the Dakota Stones vault. Act quickly; inventory refreshes with the seasons.

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Hubei Turquoise 6-9x10-14mm ONE-OF-A-KIND! Light Blue Graduated Barrel & Rice Beads - 15-16 Inch

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ONE-OF-A-KIND! Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the worl...

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Hubei Turquoise 5-10x10-16mm ONE-OF-A-KIND! Blue Graduated Barrel & Rice Beads - 15-16 Inch

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ONE-OF-A-KIND! Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the worl...

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Hubei Turquoise 7-11x14-25mm ONE-OF-A-KIND! Light Blue Graduated Rice Beads - 15-16 Inch

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ONE-OF-A-KIND! Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the worl...

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Hubei Turquoise 6-12x10-22mm ONE-OF-A-KIND! Blue/Green/Brown Graduated Rice & Barrel Beads - 15-16 Inch

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ONE-OF-A-KIND! Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the worl...

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Hubei Turquoise 3-7x5-13mm Light Blue Graduated Rondelle Beads - 15-16 Inch

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ONE-OF-A-KIND! Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the worl...

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Hubei Turquoise 15-18x18-40mm Blue-Green Nugget Beads - 15-16 Inch - 68423

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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 10-15x16-22mm Blue Nugget Beads - 15-16 Inch - 68414

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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 10-12x14-19mm Light Blue Nugget Beads - 15-16 Inch - 68413

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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 9-11mm Blue Irregular Disc Bead - 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 8-17mm Graduated Chip Bead - 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 4-6x11-16mm Knotted Chip Bead - 38-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 3x6mm Rondelle Bead - 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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Tanzanite 4x5-10x13mm Oval - 19 Inch

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Tanzanite is both extremely rare and extremely attractive, and we offer it when we can.

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Sapphire 6-8mm 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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Sapphire 2x3-4x6mm Graduated Rondelle - 18 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 2-6mm Graduated Faceted Rondelle - 18 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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Afghanite 2x3-9x13mm Blue Graduated Irregular Rondelle - 16-17 inch

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Afghanite is a rare and captivating gemstone first discovered in the late 1960s in the Sar-e-Sang mines of Badakhshan, Afghanistan — the same legen...

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Orange Sodalite 5x7-12x16mm Graduated Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch

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Orange Sodalite has veins of orange, white and gray within the primarily bright to deep blue or black stone. Sodalite is named for its sodium conte...

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Chrysocolla 6x8-10x15mm Graduated Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch

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Chrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors ...

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Sapphire 6-10mm Irregular Chip - 8 Inch

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Metaphysically, all sapphires are considered stones of wisdom, however different colors have additional attributes such as enhanced emotional resil...

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Kyanite 3-5mm Graduated Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch

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Kyanite often occurs as long, bladed, striated crystals, transparent or translucent with a pearly luster. An aluminum silicate mineral, it may appe...

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Blue Nepal Kyanite 2x4-3x5mm Graduated Faceted Rondelle Necklace - 15-16 Inch

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Kyanite often occurs as long, bladed, striated crystals, transparent or translucent with a pearly luster. An aluminum silicate mineral, it may appe...

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Blue Nepal Kyanite 3x6-5x8mm Grauated Faceted Rondelle Necklace - 15-16 Inch

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Kyanite often occurs as long, bladed, striated crystals, transparent or translucent with a pearly luster. An aluminum silicate mineral, it may appe...

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Hubei Turquoise 7-8mm Blue Irregular Heishi - 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 6mm Blue Irregular Heishi - 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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Ruby and Sapphire 8x12mm Rough Tube A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Ruby and Sapphire 6-8mm Rough Nugget A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Ruby and Sapphire 8-11mm Rough Nugget A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Kingman Turquoise 10x13-13x20mm Graduated Barrel - 15-16 Inch

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Kingman turquoise, mined in the Acerbate Mountains near Kingman, Arizona, is renowned for its vibrant, intense blue hues, often featuring a black, ...

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Natural Blue Sapphire 3-6mm 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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Green Tourmaline 4x5-7x9mm Graduated Nugget - 15-16 Inch

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Green Tourmaline ranges in color from pale green to dark emerald to shades of olive and moss green. It is an aluminum borosilicate mixed with iron,...

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Kyanite 2-3x3-4mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch

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Kyanite often occurs as long, bladed, striated crystals, transparent or translucent with a pearly luster. An aluminum silicate mineral, it may appe...

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Kingman Turquoise 4-6 Graduated Faceted Rondelle - 16-17 Inch

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Kingman turquoise, mined in the Acerbate Mountains near Kingman, Arizona, is renowned for its vibrant, intense blue hues, often featuring a black, ...

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Chalcedony (Marbled) 16mm Puff Coin - 15-16 Inch

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Blue Chalcedony is a naturally occurring soft blue translucent stone. It is a member of the Quartz family, a form of silica with a cryptocrystallin...

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Lapis 10x17mm Faceted Tube - 17-18 Inch

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Lapis is a semi to precious stone and one of the most sought after throughout history. It is highly regarded for its beautiful blue color flecked w...

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Lapis 8x20mm Faceted Teeth - 9 Inch

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Lapis is a semi to precious stone and one of the most sought after throughout history. It is highly regarded for its beautiful blue color flecked w...

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Amazonite 8x18mm Faceted Teeth - 9 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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Amazonite 8x16mm Faceted Puff Rectangle - 9 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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Larimar 4mm Microfaceted Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Larimar is a translucent blue, turquoise and white stone that can have streaks and patterns of white, as well as red or brown either from oxidation...

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Sleeping Beauty Turquoise 3mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch

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Dakota Stones’ Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is from the Sleeping Beauty mine in Globe, Arizona — famous for the outstanding robin’s egg blue color and...

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Aquamarine 8x12mm Drop - 8 Inch

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Aquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent t...

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Kingman Turquoise 15-20mm Chip Blue 9-10 Inch Strands- Limited Editions

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Turquoise is an ancient gemstone, one of the first known to man. Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago, Turquoise is now mine...

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Kingman Turquoise 15-22mm Chip Green 9-10 Inch Strands- Limited Editions

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Turquoise is an ancient gemstone, one of the first known to man. Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago, Turquoise is now mine...

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Elisa Turquoise 5-13mm Graduated Rounds - 15-16 Inch

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This turquoise is mined from the Sonora mines in Mexico. Like all other natural turquoise, its coloring is the result of the chemical reaction that...

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Sleeping Beauty Turquoise 4x5mm Rondelle - Limited Editions

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Amazonite 8x10-10x12mm Freeform Cut - 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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Sleeping Beauty Turquoise 6mm Heishi - 17-18 Inch

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K2 12mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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K2 is a stone recently discovered in the foothills of the mountain for which it is named, K2, in the Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan. It is a ...

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Frequently asked questions

  • What makes a strand belong in this selection?
    Strands land here when they show stronger clarity, more saturated or even color, cleaner matrix, tighter calibration, or come from a source that's harder to keep in stock. The selection skews toward material designers reach for when a single strand has to carry a finished piece — faceted Sapphire and Ruby rondelles, natural Turquoise from named mines, Ethiopian and Australian Opal, well-cut Moonstone and Labradorite. The label is descriptive, not a tier label: it groups strands by what's in the bag, not by a price bracket. Specifics on each strand — origin, cut, treatment — should be disclosed; ask before buying if anything you need isn't specified.
  • Which stones show up most in this collection?
    Turquoise leads by a wide margin, followed by Opal, Sapphire, Quartz, and Ruby, with steady inventory of Moonstone, Labradorite, Tourmaline, Amethyst, and Kyanite. Cut distribution leans toward rondelles, rounds, teardrops, and pebble/nugget shapes, with faceted rondelles common across the corundum and Tourmaline strands and heishi/tyre cuts frequent on Turquoise. Sizes cluster in the 3–8mm range, with 6mm and 8mm the most common. If you're sourcing for a specific palette or cut, the side filters narrow the grid by stone, shape, and size — or pull the dedicated stone collection (for example Turquoise or Sapphire) for the full run.
  • Are these strands graded for clarity, calibration, or origin?
    Grading varies by material. Faceted corundum (Sapphire, Ruby) and faceted Tourmaline strands typically carry clarity and color notes. Turquoise is generally identified by mine or region when that information is available from the supplier. Calibration tolerance depends on cut: faceted rondelles and rounds run tighter than nuggets, slices, or free-form shapes, which are sold as natural cuts and will vary strand to strand. Bead count, strand length, and drill size should appear on each listing. If a grading detail you need for a design isn't listed, ask before ordering — supplier paperwork doesn't always make it into the listing automatically.
  • How is this different from the standard catalog?
    The standard catalog covers the full range of Dakota's gemstone strands at working price points for production and repeatable designs. This selection pulls the strands within that catalog where the material itself is doing more of the work — better color, cleaner cut, scarcer origin, or a stone that doesn't run as a steady SKU. Many of the same stones appear in both places at different grades; for example, you'll find Turquoise rounds in the main Turquoise collection and also here when a specific lot warrants it. Use this view when the piece you're building needs the strand to stand on its own.
  • How is treatment handled on higher-grade material?
    Treatment is material-specific and should be noted. Common cases: most Turquoise on the market is stabilized — natural, untreated Turquoise is called out specifically when applicable. Ruby and Sapphire are commonly heat-treated; lead-glass-filled corundum is a separate category and labeled when present. Opal is generally untreated but can be backed or doublet-cut; that's noted by cut type. Amethyst, Citrine, and some Quartz varieties may be heat-treated or irradiated. If treatment status matters for your client disclosure and isn't on the listing, ask before buying — Dakota will check supplier records before the strand ships.