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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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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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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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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 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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Labradorite 10x14mm AAA Grade Oval 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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Prehnite 12x16-18x25mm Jagged Rough Collar

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Black Mother Of Pearl 3x16-30 Stick Collar

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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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Green Aventurine 12x25mm Faceted Oval Focal Connector - Silver

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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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Lapis 15mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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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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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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9mm Onion Shape Gold Electroplated Charm - Dendrite Opal - 3 Pack

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These charms are the perfect size to add to a charm bracelet, use 2 for a pair or earrings, or add to your favorite chain to make a sweet, dainty n...

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Lapis 9x32mm Faceted Tear Drop Silver Plated Pendant

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Brazilian Amazonite 9x32mm Faceted Tear Drop 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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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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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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Lapis 10mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon

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Lapis 12mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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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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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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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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Polychrome 29x59-47x59mm Free Form Pendant - CLEARANCE

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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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Tiger Eye 9x32mm Faceted Tear Drop Gold Plated 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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Dumortierite 13x22mm Faceted Heart Gold Plated Pendant

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Dumortierite is an aluminum borosilicate mineral that varies in color from blue, green and brown to the more rare violet and pink. First described ...

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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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Tiffany Stone 20-28x24-40mm A Grade Medium Free Form Cabochon

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Sold individually. These cabochons are all unique and vary in colors and patterns. The image shown has 3 cabochons to give you an idea of the range...

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Angelite 20-30x43-51mm A Grade Large Free Form Cabochon

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A natural blue form of calcium sulfate, it raises the state of conscious awareness and facilitates contact with your angels. It is mined in Peru. I...

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Ocean Jasper 13x18mm 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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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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Labradorite 18-25x25-40mm AAA Grade Medium Free Form 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 12mm A Grade Coin 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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Botswana Agate 12x16mm 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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Botswana Agate 13x18mm A Grade Oval Cabochon

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Botswana Agate 16mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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Gem Silica Small 3pc Slab

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Gem Silica is the rarest and highest form of Chrysocolla, crystallized and infused in Quartz. Gem Silica occurs in a vivid blue green color due to ...

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Tiger Eye 12x25mm Faceted Oval Focal Connector - Silver

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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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Black Obsidian 9x32mm Faceted Tear Drop Gold Plated Pendant

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Essentially a volcanic glass, Obsidian ranges in color from opaque black, to green, brown, mahogany, black with rainbow colors, black with snowflak...

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Crystal Quartz 13x22mm Faceted Heart Gold Plated Pendant

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Crystal Quartz is a naturally occurring clear and colorless Quartz. It is a crystalline form of Quartz said to have many divine properties includin...

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Atlantisite Stichtite 10x40mm Rectangle 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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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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Seraphinite 10mm A Grade Coin Cabochon

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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.