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Limited Editions

Limited Editions

The Limited Editions section is where we drop our rare rare stone types, experimental cuts and design tested strands. These beads come from small batches of rare rough, trial cuts in new shapes or finishes, and single-lot discoveries we may never see again or manufacture in bigger lots. When it's gone, it’s gone. Which makes your jewelry design all the more exclusive.

Designers hunt here for A-grade colors, unusual patterns, or first-run cuts that spark fresh design ideas and keep collections exclusive. Inventory turns quickly, so check back often—or subscribe to our email alerts—to catch the next release before it’s gone for good.

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Blue Hackmanite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Discovered in Greenland in the late 1890's, hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman. It is a rare occurrence to find gem-grade hac...

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Phosphosiderite 8mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Phosphosiderite is a combination of phosphorus and iron. It occurs in hues of lilac to purple with inclusions of mottled gray. Metaphysically, it’s...

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Hydrogrossular Garnet 8mm 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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Biotite 8mm Round Orange - 15-16 Inch

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Biotite is a name used for a large group of black mica minerals that are commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. These include annite, phl...

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Astrophyllite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek w...

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YooperLIKE 10mm Round - 16-Inch Strands

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YooperLIKE is a Syenite rock that is rich with fluorescent Sodalite. While fairly nondescript under normal lighting conditions, YooperLIKE explodes...

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Hydrogrossular Garnet 6mm 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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Azurite 4mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite is a soft, deep-blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. It is best known for its characteristic deep blue to vio...

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Azurite Malachite 6mm Round - 15-16 inch

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Azurite is a Copper carbonate mineral that forms in masses, stalactites, botryoidal, and short prismatic crystals. Azurite in crystal form is extre...

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Eudialyte 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Eudialyte is a complex silicate mineral that most commonly forms in granular patterns. It is usually found within coarse grained rocks and contains...

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Seraphinite 2mm Round Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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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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Azurite 3mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite 6mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite is a Copper carbonate mineral that forms in masses, stalactites, botryoidal, and short prismatic crystals. Azurite in crystal form is extre...

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Indigo Gabbro 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Indigo gabbro is a color variant of the igneous mineral, gabbro. Typically, this color forms black, but occasionally gabbro comes in oranges and gr...

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Jet 8mm Round - 15-16 inch

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Blue Hackmanite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Discovered in Greenland in the late 1890's, hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman. It is a rare occurrence to find gem-grade hac...

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Azurite 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite is a Copper carbonate mineral that forms in masses, stalactites, botryoidal, and short prismatic crystals. Azurite in crystal form is extre...

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Hypersthene 5x10-20mm Top Drill Teeth - 15-16 Inch

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Hypersthene is often categorized as enstatite or ferrosilite, but its identity is complicated. Pure enstatite contains no iron, and pure ferrosilit...

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Jet 10mm Round - 15-16 inch

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Azurite Malachite 8mm Round - 15-16 inch

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This stone is a combination of two very similar materials: Azurite is a deep blue mineral produced by weathered copper ore deposits, and over time,...

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Heliodor 8mm Round Green - 15-16 Inch

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Heliodor is a yellow, greenish yellow, or golden-yellow color of the mineral beryl. The yellowish colors of heliodor are usually caused by small am...

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Hemimorphite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Most hemimorphite is found in the rocks above and surrounding zinc deposits. Hemimorphite is a favorite collector gem because it occurs in a range...

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Mixed Sugilite 9mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Sugilite is a rare cyclosilicate that occurs in a range of vivid colors including deep purple, red to violet, magenta to purple, pink and pale lila...

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Biotite 6mm Round Orange - 15-16 Inch

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Biotite is a name used for a large group of black mica minerals that are commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. These include annite, phl...

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

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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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Azurite 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite is a Copper carbonate mineral that forms in masses, stalactites, botryoidal, and short prismatic crystals. Azurite in crystal form is extre...

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Azurite 8mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite is a Copper carbonate mineral that forms in masses, stalactites, botryoidal, and short prismatic crystals. Azurite in crystal form is extre...

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Trolleite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Trolleite is an extremely rare aluminum phosphate mineral that crystallizes in the form of masses and small prismatic crystals. It is made up of qu...

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Hydrogrossular Garnet 4mm Natural Round - 15-16 Inch

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Mixed Sugilite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Sugilite is a rare cyclosilicate that occurs in a range of vivid colors including deep purple, red to violet, magenta to purple, pink and pale lila...

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Mica 6mm Round Green - 15-16 inch

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Mica is a mineral name given to a group of minerals that are physically and chemically similar. They are all silicate minerals, known as sheet sil...

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Seraphinite 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16 Inch

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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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Hypersthene 14mm Round - 15-16 inch

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Turritella Agate Natural 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Turritella Agate’s rich brown and black colors are patterned with the fossilized remains of sea creatures millions of years old. The name “Turritel...

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Azurite 6mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite is a Copper carbonate mineral that forms in masses, stalactites, botryoidal, and short prismatic crystals. Azurite in crystal form is extre...

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Blue Hackmanite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Discovered in Greenland in the late 1890's, hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman. It is a rare occurrence to find gem-grade hac...

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Hubei Turquoise, Lapis AAA, & Spiny Oyster 2x3mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch

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These mixed stone strands have a great pop of color making them perfect for when you're making that unique and colorful piece of jewelry! This stra...

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Blue Ice Glaciertite 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Glacierite, also known as Blue Ice Glacierite or Blue Ice Nakaurite, is a rare, newly discovered mineral from Indonesia that is an accidental bypro...

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Astrophyllite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek w...

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Trolleite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Trolleite is an extremely rare aluminum phosphate mineral that crystallizes in the form of masses and small prismatic crystals. It is made up of qu...

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Hackmanite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Discovered in Greenland in the late 1890's, hackmanite is named for Finnish geologist Victor Hackman. It is a rare occurrence to find gem-grade hac...

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Rainbow Ocean Agate 10mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite 8mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Azurite is a Copper carbonate mineral that forms in masses, stalactites, botryoidal, and short prismatic crystals. Azurite in crystal form is extre...

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Chiastolite 16mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Chiastolite is also known as the Cross Stone for the cross matrices of browns, blacks, tans and golden tones that occur naturally within the stone....

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Thulite 9x13-12x16mm Top Drill Irregular Flat Drop - 15-16 Inch

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Thulite is the naturally occurring pink variety of the mineral Zoisite. It can range in color from pale pink to deep rose or even rusty red tones d...

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Indigo Gabbro 8mm Large Hole Round - 8 Inch

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Indigo gabbro is a color variant of the igneous mineral, gabbro. Typically, this color forms black, but occasionally gabbro comes in oranges and gr...

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Astrophyllite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek w...

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Spiny Oyster Mixed Wth Wampum 8mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch

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The colors in this strand of Spiny Oyster and Wampum Shell are contrasting yet look so good together. It's like they were meant for each other!

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Stones that rarely reach the bead market

Stones that rarely reach the bead market

Rarity here means the stone itself. Afghanite, grandidierite, eudialyte, sugilite, trolleite — minerals from small deposits that are seldom cut into beads at all. When a cutter runs strands of material like this, the lot is small, and we buy the lot. Roman glass is cut from ancient shards; the supply is fixed. Most of what is on this page will not be cut again.
Cuts we ran once

Cuts we ran once

Many of these strands are cutting runs that happened once. Carved leaves in amethyst, labradorite, peach moonstone, and green onyx. Lemon quartz faceted into 14mm stars and 8x16mm teeth. Table-cut cubes and microfaceted rondelles down to 1.5x2.5mm in stones that normally sell as plain rounds — seraphinite, atlantisite, grandidierite. Persian turquoise in hand-cut heishi and irregular rectangles. A cut that proves itself may join the main catalog; most stay a single run.
Shapes you will not see again

Shapes you will not see again

The shapes run free-form: graduated ovals and side-drill nuggets in Egyptian turquoise, pebbles, top-drill teeth and irregular drops, marquise-cut Kentucky agate, sea urchin sticks where sizes vary strand to strand. Sizes on irregular material are listed as ranges, because that is what is on the strand. Free-form rough cannot be re-cut to match, so the strand you buy is the only one like it. A piece built around it will not be duplicated.

Frequently asked questions

  • What makes a strand a limited edition?
    Each listing is a single lot: rare rough that seldom reaches the bead market, a first-run cut, or a small parcel bought at a show. We list what the lot yields. When it sells out, the listing retires.
  • Will a sold-out limited edition be restocked?
    The lot itself will not. A popular cut sometimes returns in a new lot or earns a place in the main catalog, but color and matrix shift from lot to lot, so a new run will not match the old one.
  • How is this different from New Arrivals?
    New Arrivals is where fresh catalog material lands before it is sorted into the main collections. Limited Editions is material that was never headed for the permanent catalog — one-time lots that sell through and retire.
  • Are limited editions graded and treatment-disclosed?
    Yes. The standards are the same as the rest of the catalog: graded lots carry A, AA, or AAA in the title, sizes are in millimeters, and treatments are named — dyed, compressed, and stabilized material is labeled as such in the product title.
  • How much should I buy?
    Enough to finish the design, plus repair stock if the piece will sell. A sold-out lot cannot be rematched, and even the same stone varies between lots.