Faceted Shapes
Faceted shapes are gemstone beads cut with flat, polished planes across a sculpted profile, so the outline gives a strand its structure and the facets give it sparkle. This collection gathers the fancy faceted cuts: swirl ovals and rice beads, faceted and puff squares and six-point star beads at 6–8mm, ovals, rectangles and triangle-cut puff ovals around 8x10mm, and marquise beads at the statement size of 10x16mm. Every option comes as a 15–16 inch strand.
More than 30 stones are cut this way — amethyst, labradorite, lapis, garnet, aquamarine, carnelian, tiger eye, sodalite, amazonite, peach moonstone and the full quartz family among them. Use marquise and rectangles as centerpieces, rice beads and swirl ovals for texture, and squares, stars and triangle-cut puff ovals as accents — mixing one faceted shape into smooth rounds keeps the sparkle looking deliberate.
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Lapis 10x16mm Faceted Marquise A Grade Bead - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsStrawberry Quartz 10x16mm Faceted Marquise Bead - 15-16 Inch
Strawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has...
View full detailsSmoky Quartz 10x16mm Faceted Marquise Bead - 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 to g...
View full detailsGreen Aventurine 10x16mm Faceted Marquise Bead - 15-16 Inch
Green Aventurine is a green translucent quartz with glimmering metallic inclusions. Green is the most common color for Aventurine, but it can also ...
View full detailsBlue Rose Quartz 10x16mm Faceted Marquise Bead - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsLabradorite 10x16mm Faceted Marquise Bead - 15-16 Inch
Labradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This...
View full detailsRose Quartz 9x13mm Long Faceted Heart Bead - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsPrehnite 9x13mm Long Faceted Heart Bead - 15-16 Inch
Prehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South...
View full detailsTiger Eye 9x13mm Long Faceted Heart A Grade Bead - 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 detailsBlack Obsidian 9x13mm Long Faceted Heart Bead - 15-16 Inch
Essentially a volcanic glass, Obsidian ranges in color from opaque black, to green, brown, mahogany, black with rainbow colors, black with snowflak...
View full detailsBlack Obsidian 8mm Faceted Star Bead - 15-16 Inch
Essentially a volcanic glass, Obsidian ranges in color from opaque black, to green, brown, mahogany, black with rainbow colors, black with snowflak...
View full detailsMagnesite 8mm (Dyed) Turquoise Faceted Star Bead - 15-16 Inch
Magnesite is a soft mineral best known for being dyed to imitate other gemstones. Natural magnesite stones are usually white with a dark web-like p...
View full detailsBrazilian Amazonite 8mm Faceted Star Bead - 15-16 Inch
Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
View full detailsAmazonite 6-15mm Graduated Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch
Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
View full detailsPeach Moonstone 5-8x8-10mm Handcut Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch
Moonstone naturally occurs in a broad spectrum of colors, but is most commonly associated with white, gray and peach. Its soft chatoyancy is ramini...
View full detailsYellow Opal 8x10mm Handcut Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch
Yellow Opal is transparent to opaque, milky white to pale yellow in color. It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that bran...
View full detailsPrehnite 6x10mm Handcut Faceted Nugget Bead - 15-16 Inch
Prehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South...
View full detailsRose Quartz 8mm Faceted Star Bead - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsPurple "Pimpleback" Shell 8x16mm Faceted Rectangle Bead - 15-16 Inch
A "pimpleback" is a freshwater mussel (Cyclonaias pustulosa) common in North American rivers, characterized by a thick, yellow-brown to brown shell...
View full detailsAquamarine 3x6-5x6mm Long Drill Faceted Nugget Beads AA Grade- 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsSapphire 4-12mm Graduated Faceted Oval - 17 Inch
Sapphires are precious gemstones, but unlike rubies, they come in a rainbow of colors besides red! They are all varieties of the mineral corundum,...
View full detailsLavender Amethyst 8mm Faceted Puff Heart - 15-16 Inch
Lavender Amethyst is a transparent lavender variety of Amethyst, which forms in geodes and is generally found in clusters of crystal points. The pr...
View full detailsSunstone 8mm Faceted Puff Heart A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsCrystal Quartz 8mm Faceted Puff Heart - 15-16 Inch
Crystal Quartz is a naturally occurring clear and colorless Quartz. It is a crystalline form of Quartz said to have many divine properties includin...
View full detailsBrazilian Amazonite 8mm Faceted Puff Heart A Grade - 15-16 Inch
Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
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 detailsMoonstone 8mm Faceted Puff Heart - 15-16 Inch
Moonstone naturally occurs in a broad spectrum of colors, but is most commonly associated with white, gray and peach. It's soft chatoyancy is remin...
View full detailsBlue Rose Quartz 8x10mm Faceted Rectangle - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsBlue Rose Quartz 8mm Faceted Star - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsBlue Rose Quartz 9x13mm Faceted Free Form Rectangle - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsTiger Eye 14mm Faceted Star - 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 detailsBlack Obsidian 14mm Faceted Star - 15-16 Inch
Essentially a volcanic glass, Obsidian ranges in color from opaque black, to green, brown, mahogany, black with rainbow colors, black with snowflak...
View full detailsBlue Aventurine 14mm Faceted Star - 15-16 Inch
Aventurine is a form of quartz, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give a shimmering or glistening...
View full detailsRed Jasper 14mm Faceted Star - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsLemon Quartz 14mm Faceted Star - 15-16 Inch
Lemon Quartz is a trade name for color-enhanced yellow quartz. Gamma ray irradiation, followed by a mild heat treatment gives it the bright yellow ...
View full detailsBlue Rose Quartz 14mm Faceted Heart - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsLapis 14mm Faceted Heart - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsLabradorite 14mm Faceted Heart A Grade - 15-16 Inch
Labradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This...
View full detailsCrystal Quartz 14mm Faceted Heart - 15-16 Inch
Crystal Quartz is a naturally occurring clear and colorless Quartz. It is a crystalline form of Quartz said to have many divine properties includin...
View full detailsAmethyst 14mm Faceted Heart A Grade - 15-16 Inch
Amethyst is a beautiful purple stone, known as a “Gem of Fire” by ancient cultures. It has been greatly sought after throughout history and was at ...
View full detailsBrazilian Amazonite 14mm Faceted Heart A Grade - 15-16 Inch
Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
View full detailsStrawberry Quartz 14mm Faceted Heart - 15-16 Inch
Strawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has...
View full detailsBlack Obsidian 14mm Faceted Heart - 15-16 Inch
Essentially a volcanic glass, Obsidian ranges in color from opaque black, to green, brown, mahogany, black with rainbow colors, black with snowflak...
View full detailsRose Quartz 14mm Faceted Heart A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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...
View full detailsAfrican Petrified Wood Agate 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget - 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 detailsBrazilian Amazonite 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
View full detailsTiger Eye 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead 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 detailsBlue Apatite 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch
Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal to blue to bright blue to dark blue to green. It can be easily confused with other minerals due to its...
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Frequently asked questions
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What makes these different from plain faceted round beads?
Every bead here is a fancy faceted shape rather than a plain round — a sculpted profile (swirl oval, rice, puff square, six-point star, marquise, rectangle, triangle-cut puff oval, oval or free form) with flat cut planes across it. The silhouette gives the strand its structure and the facets throw the light, so a single strand can carry a design on its own instead of just spacing between focals. -
What shapes and sizes are in this collection?
Swirl ovals and rice beads run 7x8mm; faceted and puff squares and star beads are 6–8mm; ovals, rectangles and triangle-cut puff ovals are around 8x10mm; free-form rectangles are 9x13mm; and marquise beads are the statement size at 10x16mm. Every option is a 15–16 inch strand. -
What stones come in these faceted shapes?
More than 30, including amethyst, labradorite, lapis, garnet, aquamarine, carnelian, citrine, tiger eye, sodalite, amazonite, peach moonstone, obsidian and blue apatite, plus the full quartz family — crystal, smoky, rose, strawberry, rutilated and hematoid. Harder, fine-grained stones dominate because they hold a crisp facet edge. -
Are the colors natural, or are any treated?
Most are natural stones, so color and pattern shift from bead to bead — that variation is the material, not a defect. Where a color is enhanced we say so in the product title, like our Magnesite (Dyed) Turquoise, and more tightly matched strands are marked "A Grade." Read the title and you'll always know what you're getting. -
How do I use faceted shapes in a design, and how do I care for them?
Use marquise and rectangles as centerpieces, rice beads and swirl ovals for texture along a strand, and squares, stars and triangle-cut puff ovals as accents — mixing one faceted shape into smooth rounds keeps the sparkle looking deliberate. Hardness ranges from softer, dyed pieces like magnesite and howlite (around Mohs 3.5) up to garnet and quartz (7–7.5), so wipe beads with a soft cloth and keep softer or color-treated strands away from water and chemicals.