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Gemstone Focals

A single focal can define an entire piece of jewelry, and our collection is built for that moment. Browse statement pendants with top-drilled bails, perfectly domed cabochons ready for bezels, classic center-drilled donuts, and designer collar sets—all cut to showcase dramatic true color, intricate matrix, or mirror-bright translucence.
Shapes range from ovals and coins to free-form marquise; materials span crowd-pleasers like labradorite and turquoise to rarities such as larimar or pietersite. While patterns and dimensions vary slightly—proof each stone is natural—every focal passes Dakota Stones standards for polish, stability, and visual impact.
Choose a centerpiece, frame it with complementary rounds or keep it minimal on leather, and let the stone do the talking. Whatever your design style, this focal lineup supplies the show-stopping element that turns good jewelry into unforgettable art.

Focal Beads for Jewelry Making – Highlight Your Designs

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Chrysocolla 7mm Coin Cabochon

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

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Chrysocolla 4mm Coin Cabochon

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Hubei Turquoise 10mm Coin Cabochon

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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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Green Aventurine 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant

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Green Aventurine is a green translucent quartz with glimmering metallic inclusions. Green is the most common color for Aventurine, but it can also ...

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Hubei Turquoise 5mm Coin Cabochon

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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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Unakite 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE

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Unakite is a granite composed of pink Feldspar and Epidote, creating a beautiful blend of pink and green in mottled patterns. The colors in this st...

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Hubei Turquoise 7x5mm Oval Cabochon

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Chinese Turquoise is a blue-green to light yellow-green stone, with inclusions of brown, black and rust. These colors often occur in speckled patte...

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Green Brecciated Jasper 40mm Square Donut - Pendant

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This stone is composed of angular fragments of minerals. Pyhsically, it is found in a pale and earthy green. Metaphysically it is often used for st...

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Hubei Turquoise 7mm Square Cabochon

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Green Brecciated Jasper 50mm Square Donut - Pendant

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Green Aventurine 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant

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Green Aventurine 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant

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Tree Agate 40mm Donut Pendant

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Tree Agate is not banded like other Agates, and therefore is not an Agate in the strictest terms. Rather than banding, Tree Agate has dendritic inc...

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Hubei Turquoise 6mm Square Cabochon

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Ruby Zoisite 40mm Donut Pendant

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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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Jade 40mm Donut Pendant

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Jade refers to an ornamental mineral, mostly known for its green varieties. Jade has been used for tens of thousands of years, initially as tools b...

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Hubei Turquoise 5mm Square Cabochon

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Fancy Jasper 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant

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Fancy Jasper 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant

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Hubei Turquoise 4mm Square Cabochon

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Rhyolite 40mm Donut Pendant

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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...

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Unakite 40mm Donut Pendant

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Malachite 10mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the comb...

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African Green Jasper 40mm Donut Pendant

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African Green Jasper is a single-colored opaque stone, ranging in color from a deep olive green to a pale spring green with brown banding or stripe...

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Malachite 12mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon

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Prehnite 9x32mm Faceted Tear Drop Gold Plated Pendant

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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...

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Prehnite 12x16-18x25mm Jagged Rough Collar

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Green Aventurine 12x25mm Faceted Oval Focal Connector - Silver

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This faceted oval focal piece can be used as a pendant or use as a link or connector. It can be a great addition to a design by using it vertically...

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Green Amethyst 26-37mm Faceted Nugget Pendant with .925 Sterling Silver Bail

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Amethyst is a beautiful stone (normally purple), known as a “Gem of Fire” by ancient cultures. It has been greatly sought after throughout history ...

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Seraphinite 14-19x15-31mm A Grade Small Free Form Cabochon

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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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Malachite 15mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon

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Seraphinite 10mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Seraphinite 15mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Green Jasper 40mm Donut Pendant

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Since gemstones (natural, enhanced, or man-made) have variations in colors and patterns, the one you receive may look different from what is shown. 

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Malachite 12-17x22-33mm A Grade Medium Free Form Cabochon

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Malachite 12-17x16-21mm A Grade Small Free Form Cabochon

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Seraphinite 23-27x22-28mm A Grade Medium Free Form Cabochon

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MATTE Zoisite 12x16-18x26mm Tab Collar

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Zoisite, first known as saualpite, after its type locality, is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals....

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Malachite 15-22x23-33mm AAA Grade Medium Free Form Cabochon

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Seraphinite 12mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Green Lodalite Quartz 15x18-20x25mm Rounded Rough Collar - 15-16 Inch

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Green Lodolite is Quartz with inclusions of sand. These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens....

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Green Lodalite Quartz 14x20-14x25mm Jagged Rough Collar - 15-16 Inch

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Chrysoprase 12x15-15x25mm Smooth Collar Matte- 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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Chrysoprase 10x12-12x16 Drop 8-Inch

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Frequently asked questions

  • What is a focal bead and how do designers use it?
    A focal is a larger single bead or pendant — typically 12–40mm — meant to anchor a design rather than repeat down a strand. Designers center one focal on a necklace, hang it as a pendant from a chain or beaded strand, or use it as the visual stop between sections of smaller beads. Because the focal carries the eye, pattern, color zoning, and matrix in the stone matter more than they would on a 6mm round. Most focals in this category ship as individual pieces or small lots rather than full strands, so check the listing for quantity per listing.
  • What focal shapes does Dakota carry?
    The category covers donuts, ovals, slices, teardrops, squares, free-form shapes, marquise, and guru beads used at the head of a mala. Donuts are the most common (often 38–40mm) and work well on cord or with bail wraps. Slices show interior banding and matrix from the cut face and are usually free-form in outline. Teardrops and ovals drill top-down as pendants; squares and rounds typically drill through the center. Each cut style routes to a sub-collection so you can browse by shape rather than scrolling the full focals hub.
  • How large do focal beads typically run?
    Most focals fall between 12mm and 40mm. Common sizes include 12mm rounds and squares, 13x18mm and 12x25mm ovals and teardrops, 9x32mm marquise and elongated drops, 15mm donuts, and 38–40mm donuts and slices for statement pendants. Slices and free-forms vary piece to piece because they follow the natural shape of the cut, so the listed dimension is nominal — expect ±1–2mm variation. Exact measurements should be disclosed; ask before buying if a specific size is critical to your finished design.
  • What's the difference between top-drilled and center-drilled focals?
    Top-drilled focals have the hole running side-to-side near the top of the bead, so the piece hangs as a pendant — common on teardrops, ovals, and slices. Center-drilled focals have the hole running through the long axis like a regular bead, so they sit in-line on a strand or wire. Donuts use a large central hole and are usually strung on cord, leather, or with a bail. Drill direction changes how you finish the piece, so confirm the drill style before ordering findings or stringing material.
  • Which stones work best as focals?
    Pattern-rich material reads strongest at focal size. Jasper is the largest group here — picture jasper, ocean jasper, and landscape varieties all show scenic banding that benefits from a larger cut surface. Agate and botswana agate carry visible banding; labradorite and tiger eye carry chatoyancy and flash that need surface area to show. Lapis, amazonite, turquoise, rose quartz, and quartz round out the offering for solid-color or translucent focals. Treatment varies by stone — stabilization on turquoise, dye on some agates — and should be disclosed; ask before buying if it isn't specified.