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Green Beads

Choose from beautiful jade, aventurine, malachite, and more in our green gemstone beads collection. We think you'll find a wide variety of freshness and hope with these lovely gemstone strands. Metaphysical Properties: The color green is often associated with renewal, growth, abundance, and nature. Chakra: Green is connected to the Heart Chakra, which symbolizes love, compassion, empathy, and health.

Green Gemstone Beads for Jewelry Making & Crafting

Australian Chrysoprase 4mm Faceted Round AAA Grade - 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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Australian Chrysoprase AA 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Australian Chrysoprase 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Green Angelite Cat's Eye 12mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Cat’s Eye is a quartz stone that appears in a range of colors including white, gray, green, yellow and brown. The fibrous asbestos inclusions in th...

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Jadeite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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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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Peruvian Chrysocolla 6mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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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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Jadeite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Green and White Jade 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Peruvian Chrysocolla 10mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Australian Chrysoprase 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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African Jade with Quartz 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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West African Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade. Its bright green coloration is due to traces of chromium. Metaphys...

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African Turquoise 10mm Round AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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African Turquoise is not actually Turquoise, but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue to ...

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African Jade with Quartz 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Selenite 10mm Round Green Purple (Dyed) - 15-16 Inch

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Selenite is a crystal formed from the mineral gypsum, which comes in many forms and color variations, but has been used historically to describe th...

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Emerald 3mm Round Faceted AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Emerald is one of the four “precious” gemstones, the others being Diamond, Ruby and Sapphire. It is the green form of Beryl, colored by trace amoun...

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Selenite 6mm Round Green Purple (Dyed) - 15-16 Inch

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Selenite 8mm Round Green Purple (Dyed) - 15-16 Inch

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Diopside 4mm Round Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Diopside is a calcium and magnesium silicate mineral. It is transparent or translucent, and can display a nearly emerald green color due to the pre...

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Emerald 3mm Faceted Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Madagascar Green Dendritic Opal 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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This variety of opal is named "dendritic" for the small inclusions within it that resemble moss or ferns. These inclusions consist of iron, mangane...

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Madagascar Green Dendritic Opal 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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This variety of opal is named "dendritic" for the small inclusions within it that resemble moss or ferns. These inclusions consist of iron, mangane...

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Madagascar Green Dendritic Opal 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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This variety of opal is named "dendritic" for the small inclusions within it that resemble moss or ferns. These inclusions consist of iron, mangane...

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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 and White Jade 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Peruvian Chrysocolla 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Australian Chrysoprase 14mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Unakite 10mm Round - Large Hole Beads

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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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BC Jade 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads

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BC Jade 10mm Round - Large Hole Beads

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Unakite 6mm Round - Large Hole Beads

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Verdite 8mm Large Hole Round Beads - 8 Inch

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Verdite is a light to dark-green metamorphic rock, and is a variety of Fuchsite, which is itself a form of Muscovite. It appears green because of t...

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Green Lodalite Quartz 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads

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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 Angelite Cat's Eye 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Cat’s Eye is a quartz stone that appears in a range of colors including white, gray, green, yellow and brown. The fibrous asbestos inclusions in th...

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Green Tsavorite Garnet 7.5mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Garnets are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess simila...

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Hydrogrossular Garnet 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Hydrogrossular garnet is an especially rare gemstone. It's defined by a bright green color, and most commonly found with black inclusions. These in...

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Australian Chrysoprase 10mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Green Tsavorite Garnet 5.5mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Prehnite with Rutilate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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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 with Rutilate 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Prehnite with Rutilate 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Prehnite with Rutilate 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Green Goldstone 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Green Goldstone is an opaque, almost black glass with flecks of copper suspended within it. These flecks glitter as they catch the light and appear...

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Green Goldstone 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Green Goldstone 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Green Goldstone 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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African Jade 4mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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West African Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade. Its bright green coloration is due to traces of chromium. Metaphys...

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Australian Green Opal Light Green 10mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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Australian Green Opal is a variety of Common Opal which is a mixture of Opal and nontronite. Common Opal is generally opaque, without the play of c...

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Peridot 4mm Round Faceted AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Peridot (pair-uh-doe) is one of only two gems, the other being Diamond, that is not formed in the Earth’s crust. Rather, it is born in the molten r...

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About green beads

Color family
Greens (cool & warm)
Shade range
MintSageOliveForestEmeraldSea greenTealApple green
Stones in this color
African TurquoiseJasperChrysopraseTurquoisePrehniteGreen AventurineEmeraldGarnetMalachiteQuartzOpalDiopside+39 more
Birthstones in this color
May (Emerald); August (Peridot)
Complements
Red, garnet, and warm coral for complementary contrast; copper and brass for earthy warmth; cream and ivory for fresh, springlike palettes.
Typical treatments
Heat (Emerald)Dye (African Turquoise — actually dyed jasper)Natural (Malachite, Prehnite, Chrysoprase, Aventurine)
Design notes
One of the most diverse color families in the catalog — 51 distinct stones cover everything from pale Prehnite to deep Malachite. African Turquoise is a dyed product (it is not true Turquoise); the disclosure is important when matching to authentic Turquoise palettes.

Frequently asked questions

  • What green gemstone beads do you carry?
    Green is one of Dakota's most diverse color families — over 50 distinct stones contribute. Volume leaders include African Turquoise (a dyed jasper, not true turquoise), Green Jasper, Chrysoprase, real Turquoise, Prehnite, Green Aventurine, Emerald, Malachite, and Diopside. Specialty material includes Variscite, Serpentine, Tsavorite Garnet, Demantoid, and Chrome Diopside.
  • Is African turquoise actually turquoise?
    No — African Turquoise is dyed jasper, despite the name. The marketing convention is industry-wide but the mineralogy is different: true turquoise is a copper-aluminum phosphate, while African Turquoise is a silica-based jasper dyed to mimic turquoise color and matrix. Disclosure matters when matching to authentic Turquoise palettes — the texture and luster are visibly different in person.
  • Is your emerald treated?
    Yes — over 99% of emerald on the global market is oiled (cedarwood oil is the traditional industry standard) to fill surface-reaching fractures and improve clarity. Oiling is a permanent treatment in the sense that it's accepted by the trade, but it requires care: avoid ultrasonic cleaners, steam cleaning, and harsh solvents, which can drive the oil out. Lab-grown emerald is also available and is typically untreated.
  • Which green gemstones are birthstones?
    Emerald is the May birthstone; Peridot is the August birthstone. Both appear in the catalog at multiple price points — Emerald in faceted rondelles and chips for fine-jewelry work, Peridot in smooth rounds and faceted rondelles.
  • How do I tell malachite apart from imitations?
    Real malachite has distinctive concentric or banded green patterns (the result of accretion in copper-rich groundwater) that are very difficult to fake convincingly. Imitations are typically pressed/reconstituted malachite (still real material, bonded with resin) or polymer/glass mimics. Practical tests: real malachite is heavy (specific gravity 3.6–4.0), cool to the touch, and Mohs 3.5–4 (it will scratch easily). Disclosure of reconstituted material should be disclosed.