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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Tiger Eye 40mm Donut Pendant
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 detailsKambaba Jasper 40mm Donut Pendant
Kambaba Jasper is a sedimentary stone comprised of microcrystalline Quartz interlaced with Stromatolites — ancient fossilized colonies of primeval ...
View full detailsRose Quartz 40mm Donut Pendant
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 detailsChrysocolla 7mm Coin Cabochon
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 ...
View full detailsCrazy Lace Agate 40mm Donut Pendant
Crazy Lace Agate is named for its swirling and circular patterns. Crazy Lace Agate is often dyed to produce colors that do not naturally occur in t...
View full detailsChrysocolla 4mm Coin Cabochon
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 ...
View full details40mm Shell Mosaic Pendant Pair
Each pendant pair will vary slightly from what is pictured.
Red Jasper 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE
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 details40mm Turquoise Blue, Pearl, and Howlite Mosaic Pendant Pair
Each pendant pair will vary slightly from what is pictured.
White Lace Red Jasper 40mm Donut Pendant
White Lace Red Jasper is a deep red or burnt orange stone, complemented by white, gray, and black bands and flecks of color. Red Jasper has histori...
View full details40mm Turquoise Blue and Coral Mosaic Pendant Pair
Each pendant pair will vary slightly from what is pictured.
40mm Turquoise Blue. Coral, and Shell Mosaic Pendant Pair
Each pendant pair will vary slightly from what is pictured.
Black Moss Opal 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Black Moss Opal 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Denim Lapis 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE
Denim Lapis has the brilliant blue and gold of higher end Lapis, as well as gray and white inclusions in marbled patterns. Lapis is highly regarded...
View full detailsCrystal Quartz Point Gold Tone Plated Pendant 30-35mm
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 detailsMookaite 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE
Mookaite is a variety of Jasper in colors of red, burgundy, pink, mauve, purple, yellow and white. It takes its name from Mooka Creek, near the Ken...
View full detailsCrazy Lace Agate 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Crazy Lace Agate 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Dalmation Jasper 40mm Donut Pendant
Dalmatian Jasper is the trade name for Dalmatian Stone, which is not Jasper but rather a combination of Feldspar and Quartz. It is opaque, creamy w...
View full detailsHubei Turquoise 10mm Coin Cabochon
Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...
View full detailsTigereye 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE
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 details40mm Turquoise Blue, Pearl, and Coral Mosaic Pendant Pair
Each pendant pair will vary slightly from what is pictured.
Green Aventurine 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
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 detailsBlack Silver Leaf Jasper 40mm Donut Pendant
Black Silverleaf Jasper is a rare form of Jasper, characterized by its color range of black, gray and white and its swirling, leafy patterns. It is...
View full detailsHubei Turquoise 5mm Coin Cabochon
Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...
View full detailsAmazonite 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant
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 detailsHematite Copper Plated 2mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch
Hematite is an iron oxide and one of the few gemstones with a metallic luster. When tumbled it can have the look of polished steel. Hematite is bla...
View full detailsTiger Iron 40mm Donut Pendant
Composed mostly of tiger's eye, red jasper and black hematite, Tiger Iron has long been popular with jewelry-makers. The gold, silver, brown and re...
View full detailsUnakite 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE
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...
View full detailsBirds Eye Rhyolite 50mm Square Donut - Pendant
Bird’s Eye Rhyolite is named for its circular color formations of deep reds, light tans and earthtones. Rhyolite was named "streaming rock" because...
View full detailsRuby Zoisite 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Ruby Zoisite occurs naturally when small Ruby crystals become embedded within Zoisite. The Ruby inclusions in this stone are pink to reddish purple...
View full details40mm Coral, Turquoise, & MOP Mosaic Pendant Pair
Each pendant pair will vary slightly from what is pictured.
White Howlite 40mm Donut Pendant
White Howlite is named for Canadian mineralogist Henry How, who first discovered the stone in Southern California in 1868. It is typically white or...
View full details40mm Mixed Gemstone and Shell Mosaic Pendant Pair
Each pendant pair will vary slightly from what is pictured.
Crazy Lace Agate 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant
Crazy Lace Agate 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant
Blue Goldstone 12mm Guru Bead - CLEARANCE
Blue Goldstone is an opaque, midnight blue glass with flecks of copper suspended within it. These flecks glitter as they catch the light and may ap...
View full detailsHubei Turquoise 7x5mm Oval Cabochon
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...
View full detailsKambaba Jasper 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant
Kambaba Jasper is a sedimentary stone comprised of microcrystalline Quartz interlaced with Stromatolites — ancient fossilized colonies of primeval ...
View full detailsFancy Jasper 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Fancy Jasper 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Tiger Iron 40mm Square Donut - Pendant
Composed mostly of tiger's eye, red jasper and black hematite, Tiger Iron has long been popular with jewelry-makers. The gold, silver, brown and re...
View full detailsBlue Goldstone 40mm Donut Pendant
Blue Goldstone is an opaque, midnight blue glass with flecks of copper suspended within it. These flecks glitter as they catch the light and may ap...
View full detailsRed Jasper 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Red Jasper 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Green Brecciated Jasper 40mm Square Donut - Pendant
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...
View full detailsKambaba Jasper 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Kambaba Jasper is a sedimentary stone comprised of microcrystalline Quartz interlaced with Stromatolites — ancient fossilized colonies of primeval ...
View full detailsHubei Turquoise 7mm Square Cabochon
Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...
View full detailsRose Quartz 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Rose Quartz 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
Picture Jasper 27x34mm Slice Gold Plated - Pendant
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 detailsGreen Brecciated Jasper 50mm Square Donut - Pendant
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...
View full detailsRose Quartz 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant
Rose Quartz 27x34mm Slice Silver Plated - Pendant
Frequently asked questions
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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.