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Gemstone Focals

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.

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Pietersite 15-21x16-24mm A Grade Small Free Form Cabochon

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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...

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Red Creek Jasper 40mm Donut Pendant

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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...

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Natural Chinese Turquoise 8mm Square 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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Tiger Eye 13x38mm Point Pair - Pendant

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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...

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Blue Rose Quartz 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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Malachite 12mm AAA 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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Fluorite 13x18mm AAA Grade Oval Cabochon

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Fluorite is a luminous, soft and glassy stone, sometimes referred to as “the most colorful mineral in the world.” It is one of the most sought to a...

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Botswana Agate 10x14mm A Grade Oval Cabochon

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Botswana Agate displays highly defined parallel banding, usually in white on hues of brown, gray, pink, tan, apricot and purplish red. Botswana Aga...

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Rhodonite with Matrix 40mm Donut Pendant

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Rhodonite, whose name is derived from the Greek word for Rose, “rhodon,” is known for its pink, red and magenta hues. A Manganese inosilicate (or c...

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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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Moroccan Agate 16x22mm Tear Drop Pendant

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Morocco Agate occurs in striking colors of red, white, golden tan, gray and purple, in a variety of swirling and linear patterns. Like other Agates...

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Amethyst 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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Labradorite 10mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Labradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This...

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Muonionalusta Meteorite 12mm Rose Gold Pyramid Pendant - DSPremier

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All gemstones are fascinating and special. They come from far-away, remote parts of the globe. These Muonionalusta Meteorite beads, however, are mo...

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Cuprite 24x36mm Free Form Marquise Pendant - CLEARANCE

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Cuprite is a copper oxide mineral frequently found in association with copper deposits as well as azurite, chrysocolla, malachite and a variety of ...

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Blue Lace Agate 10mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Blue Lace Agate is a naturally occuring soft blue agate, laced with bands or swirls of brighter blue, periwinkle, white and occasionally gray or br...

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Blue Lace Agate 12mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Blue Lace Agate is a naturally occuring soft blue agate, laced with bands or swirls of brighter blue, periwinkle, white and occasionally gray or br...

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Tiger Eye 13x18mm A Grade Oval Cabochon

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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...

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Labradorite 20mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon

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Labradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This...

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Chrysocolla 13x18mm A Grade Oval Cabochon

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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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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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Polychrome 29x59-47x59mm Free Form Pendant - CLEARANCE

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Brazilian Amazonite 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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Atlantisite Stichtite 10x40mm Tear Drop Pendant Pair

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Stichtite is a mineral, a carbonate of chromium and magnesium. Its color ranges from pink through lilac to a rich purple color. Discovered in 1910 ...

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Labradorite 10x14mm AAA Grade Oval Cabochon

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Labradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This...

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Fantasy 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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Ocean Jasper 14x23mm A Grade Oval Cabochon

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Ocean Jasper is a commercial name for Orbicular Jasper, a variety of Jasper containing variably colored spherical patterns. It forms when Quartz an...

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Malachite 15mm AAA 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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Lapis 10mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon

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Mother of Pearl 15mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Mother of Pearl, also known as Nacre, is an iridescent composite of organic and inorganic material most known for being the coating of pearls. It i...

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Fluorite 12mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon

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Fluorite is a luminous, soft and glassy stone, sometimes referred to as “the most colorful mineral in the world.” It is one of the most sought to a...

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Botswana Agate 15x20mm A Grade Oval Cabochon

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Botswana Agate displays highly defined parallel banding, usually in white on hues of brown, gray, pink, tan, apricot and purplish red. Botswana Aga...

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Black Obsidian 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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Amethyst 9x32mm Faceted Tear Drop Gold Plated Pendant

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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 ...

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Ocean Jasper 22x30mm AAA Grade Oval Cabochon

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Ocean Jasper is a commercial name for Orbicular Jasper, a variety of Jasper containing variably colored spherical patterns. It forms when Quartz an...

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Tiger Eye 16-19x19-29mm AAA Grade Medium Free Form Cabochon

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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...

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Labradorite 15mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon

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Labradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This...

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Moonstone 12mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon

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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...

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Prehnite 12x16-18x25mm Jagged Rough Collar

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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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Strawberry Quartz 9x32mm Faceted Tear Drop Gold Plated Pendant

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Strawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has...

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Sunstone 13x22mm Faceted Heart Gold Plated Pendant

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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...

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Brazilian Amazonite 13x22mm Faceted Heart Gold Plated Pendant

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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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Ocean Jasper 12mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Ocean Jasper is a commercial name for Orbicular Jasper, a variety of Jasper containing variably colored spherical patterns. It forms when Quartz an...

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Blue Lace Agate 15-18x21-34mm AAA Grade Small Free Form Cabochon

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Blue Lace Agate is a naturally occuring soft blue agate, laced with bands or swirls of brighter blue, periwinkle, white and occasionally gray or br...

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Lapis 15mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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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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Botswana Agate 14mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Botswana Agate displays highly defined parallel banding, usually in white on hues of brown, gray, pink, tan, apricot and purplish red. Botswana Aga...

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Fancy Jasper 40mm Donut Pendant

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Fancy Jasper, also known as Rainbow Jasper, ranges in color from light to dark green, deep red, tan, cream, pink and mauve. It is a chalcedony beli...

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Milky Lavender Amethyst 14mm Heart Pendant with .925 Sterling Silver Bail

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Lavender Amethyst is a transparent lavender variety of Amethyst, which forms in geodes and is generally found in clusters of crystal points. The pr...

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The focal decides the piece

The focal decides the piece

A design usually starts here. One large stone sets the palette and the mood, and everything else on the bench gets chosen to agree with it. This is the scale where pattern does its work: a picture jasper donut carries a full landscape on one face, ocean jasper shows complete orbs across a free-form cabochon, and labradorite runs its flash the whole width of a 20x35mm pear. The formats give the stone room — 27x34mm slices, 40 and 50mm donuts, and graded free-form cabochons that reach past 50mm.
Ready for the chain

Ready for the chain

Much of this page arrives already carrying its hardware. Rose quartz, whiskey quartz, and green amethyst come as faceted pendants with .925 sterling silver bails in place, and 9x32mm faceted teardrops in lapis, sunstone, and blue moonstone are plated in gold or silver and ready to hang. Oval focal connectors sit in-line to bridge a beaded strand and a centerpiece, and a donut takes a cord or a wrapped bail. The label names the metal — gold plated, silver plated, or marked .925 — so the finding work is priced into the piece from the start.
Matched pairs and stones for setting

Matched pairs and stones for setting

Two kinds of work get a head start here. The pendant pairs — turquoise, coral, and mother of pearl mosaics, amazonite and tiger eye fans and ovals — arrive matched for size and pattern, so a pair of earrings starts balanced with the sorting already done. The cabochons feed the bench: coin cabs in repeating 10, 12, and 15mm sizes and 13x18mm ovals fit the settings you already stock, while the graded free-forms vary piece to piece, so each one gets its own bezel and the finished piece is one of a kind.

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.
  • 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.