Brown Beads
When it comes to using brown gemstone beads for jewelry making, the options are endless. Tones vary from deep, rich, earthy chocolates all the way to light and natural creams. Using tiger's eye, agate, or jasper is a great way to incorporate the lovely shades of brown into your pieces, especially if you are looking for brown gemstone beads wholesale. Metaphysical Properties: Brown is an earthy, warm, natural color often associated with wholesome feelings and vibes. Color Pairings: A rather intense yet neutral color, natural brown gemstone beads can work well with other earth tones such as green, gray, blue, and tan.
Brown Gemstone Beads for Jewelry Making & Creative Designs
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Tiger Eye 8mm Round Large Hole 8-Inch
Red Tiger Eye is actually Brown Tiger Eye which has been heat treated to bring out the red color. This macrocrystalline Quartz stone has chatoyant ...
View full detailsMATTE Red Creek Jasper 8mm Large Hole Round 8-Inch
Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in china where the stone was recently discovered. Its colors include burnt red, mustard yellow, olive g...
View full detailsRed Creek Jasper 8mm Round Large Hole 8-Inch
Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in China where the stone was recently discovered. Its colors include burnt red, mustard yellow, olive g...
View full detailsSmoky Quartz 8mm Round Large Hole 8-Inch
Smoky Quartz is a translucent smoky brown or gray variety of Quartz. It ranges from almost completely transparent to an almost opaque brownish to g...
View full detailsMATTE Red Creek Jasper 8mm Rondelle Large Hole 8-Inch
Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in china where the stone was recently discovered. Its colors include burnt red, mustard yellow, olive g...
View full detailsPicture Jasper 8mm Round Large Hole 8-Inch
Picture Jasper is a form of brown Jasper characterized by its unique banding and flow patterns created by petrified or silicate mud and occasional ...
View full detailsBronzite 8mm Round Large Hole 8-Inch
Bronzite is a brown stone with a bronze to colored metallic luster due to iron deposits within the stone. An orthoproxene mineral, it is believed t...
View full detailsRed Creek Jasper 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole 8-Inch
Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in china where the stone was recently discovered. Its colors include burnt red, mustard yellow, olive g...
View full detailsBotswana Agate 8mm Round 15-16 Inch
Botswana Agate displays highly defined parallel banding, usually in white on hues of brown, gray, pink, tan, apricot and purplish red. Botswana Aga...
View full detailsTiger Eye 8mm Round 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsElephant Skin Jasper Natural 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch
Elephant Skin Jasper, also known as Calligraphy Stone or Miriam Stone, features intricate light brown patterns on dark brown stones. Each stone is ...
View full detailsElephant Skin Jasper 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Elephant Skin Jasper, also known as Calligraphy Stone or Miriam Stone, features intricate light brown patterns on dark brown stones. Each stone is ...
View full detailsPietersite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Pietersite has been called the Tempest Stone for its colors of deep blue and gray with metallic gold and flashes of brilliant chatoyancy as it catc...
View full detailsPetrified Wood Opalite 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch
Wood Opalite is a type of petrified wood that has been impregnated with the Silicon Dioxide commonly known as Opal. Wood Opalite occurs in a range ...
View full detailsPetrified Wood Opalite 8mm Rondelle 8-Inch
Wood Opalite is a type of petrified wood that has been impregnated with the Silicon Dioxide commonly known as Opal. Wood Opalite occurs in a range ...
View full detailsArtistic Jasper 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Artistic Stone has beautiful, intricate patterns of minute black flecks, bands, and veins within the tan, cream, gray and mauve stone. It is made u...
View full detailsLemurian Aquatine Calcite 8mm Round- 15-16 Inch (Blue Onyx)
This unique stone is named after a now debunked theory of a continent called “Lemuria” thought to have sunk into the Indian Ocean. Though it is wid...
View full detailsAfrican Petrified Wood Agate 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Petrified Wood Agate is formed from the petrifaction process of primeval trees over the course of many years. Petrification occurs when the wood is...
View full detailsGraphic Feldspar 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Feldspars are a group of rock-forming aluminum tectosilicate minerals, containing sodium, calcium, potassium or barium. The most common members of ...
View full detailsElephant Skin Jasper 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads
Elephant Skin Jasper, also known as Calligraphy Stone or Miriam Stone, features intricate light brown patterns on dark brown stones. Each stone is ...
View full detailsGraphic Feldspar 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads
Feldspars are a group of rock-forming aluminium tectosilicate minerals, containing sodium, calcium, potassium or barium. The most common members of...
View full detailsDZI Three Eye Agate 8mm Round Blue - 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsDZI Line Agate 8mm Faceted Round Brown White - 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsDZI Watermelon Agate 8mm Round Brown - 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsDZI Eye Agate 8mm Round Dark Green - 14-15 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsDZI Three Eye Agate 8mm Round Red - 12-14 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsDZI Turtle Agate 8mm Round Green - 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsDZI Turtle Agate 8mm Faceted Round Brown White - 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsDZI Turtle Agate 8mm Round Brown- 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsSmoky Quartz 8mm Round 15-16 Inch
Smoky Quartz is a translucent smoky brown or gray variety of Quartz. It ranges from almost completely transparent to an almost opaque brownish-gray...
View full detailsDZI Three Eye Agate 8mm Round Black - 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsOutback Jasper 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads
Outback Jasper is a milky white to light pink to golden brown stone, with striking patterns that may resemble birch bark or wood grain. Jaspers are...
View full detailsDZI Eye Agate 8mm Round Black Brown - 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsDZI Line Agate 8mm Round Brown - 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsTurritella Agate Natural 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Turritella Agate’s rich brown and black colors are patterned with the fossilized remains of sea creatures millions of years old. The name “Turritel...
View full detailsDZI Line Agate 8mm Round Red Brown- 15-16 Inch
“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...
View full detailsTiger Eye 8mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsOrbicular Rhyolite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Rhyolite is a volcanic, igneous rock with high silica content. Its name is taken from the Greek word “rhyax,” meaning “a stream of lava.” It is che...
View full detailsTiger Eye 8mm Faceted Bicone - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsViolet Aqua Terra Impression Jasper 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Aqua Impression Jasper has been dyed to an aqua or turquoise blue color. It contains inclusions of tan and crimson, which dramatically complement t...
View full detailsBlack Mica 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch
Mica is a mineral name given to a group of minerals that are physically and chemically similar. They are all silicate minerals, known as sheet sil...
View full detailsAfrican Petrified Wood Agate 8mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch
Petrified Wood Agate is formed from the petrifaction process of primeval trees over the course of many years. Petrification occurs when the wood is...
View full detailsMushroom Rhyolite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Mushroom Rhyolite is named for the naturally occurring stone pattern which often resembles mushrooms or other fungi. It may also be call Mushroom P...
View full detailsTiger Eye 8mm Cross - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsTiger Eye 8mm Faceted Puff Heart - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsAstrophyllite 8mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch
Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek w...
View full detailsAustralian Boulder Opal 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
Boulder Opal is a golden-brown to dark brown stone, displaying these colors in patterns of parallel bands. It is considered a precious Opal, and fo...
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Frequently asked questions
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What brown gemstone beads do you carry?
Brown Agate and DZI Agate together dominate the collection — both natural with distinctive banding. Tiger Eye adds chatoyant golden-brown shimmer; Petrified Wood adds fossilized texture. Picasso Jasper, Botswana Agate, Bronzite, and Artistic Jasper provide patterned variety. Pearl appears in champagne-brown ranges at the organic end. -
What is DZI agate and is it real?
DZI Agate (pronounced 'zee') is real natural agate that has been etched and dyed with traditional patterns originating in Tibetan and Himalayan cultures. The patterns (eyes, lines, geometric symbols) carry cultural and spiritual significance in their region of origin. The agate base is natural; the surface patterning is applied — most commercial DZI is contemporary production rather than antique. Disclosure of treatment is appropriate. -
What causes tiger eye to shimmer?
Chatoyancy — an optical effect caused by parallel fibrous mineral inclusions (typically crocidolite asbestos that has been silicified) reflecting light along a single axis. The result is a moving band of light that shifts with viewing angle, similar to the slit-pupil eye of a cat. Tiger Eye's golden-brown base is iron-oxide-stained; Blue Tiger Eye (Hawk's Eye) retains the original crocidolite color before silicification. -
Are any brown gemstones birthstones?
Brown stones are not on the modern Jewelers of America birthstone list. Smoky Quartz is sometimes used as an alternate November birthstone alongside Citrine and Topaz. Tiger Eye and Petrified Wood are commonly used in 'earth element' or grounding-themed jewelry traditions. -
Will tiger eye fade over time?
No — Tiger Eye is color-stable under normal wear and storage conditions. The chatoyant effect is an internal structural feature, not a surface treatment, so it does not wear off. Mohs 6.5–7. Avoid ultrasonic cleaners (the parallel fiber structure can be sensitive to vibration); a soft cloth and mild soap are sufficient for routine cleaning.