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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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Indigo Gabbro 6mm 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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Mica 8mm 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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Sieber Agate 8mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Sieber agate is not a true agate but rather a glassy, dark blue-grey or green copper slag that formed during ancient copper smelting in Germany, sp...

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Pink Moss Agate 3x6mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch

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Moss Agate is a variety of Chalcedony, clear to milky white to dark green, with inclusions that appear in patterns similar to moss or lichen. The i...

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Verdite 10mm Round - 15-16 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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Phosphosiderite 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted - 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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Heliodor 10mm 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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Biotite Black 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Hubei Turquoise, Lapis AAA, & Spiny Oyster 1-2x3mm Squaredelle - 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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Seraphinite 4mm Faceted Round AAA 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 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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Azurite 10mm 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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Phosphosiderite 4mm Microfaceted Round - 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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Pink Mica Quartz 6mm Round A Grade - 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 5x10-20mm Top Drill Teeth - 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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Black Mica 8mm Round A Grade - 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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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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Hubei Turquoise, Lapis AAA, & Spiny Oyster 1x2mm 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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Labradorite 8x11mm Leaf - 8 Inch

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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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Seraphinite 2.5mm Table Cut Cube AAA Grade Bead - 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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Black Mica 10mm Round A Grade - 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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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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Purple Stichtite 8mm Round Beads - 15-16 Inch

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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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Spiny Oyster Mixed With Hammer Shell 4-5mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch

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A beautiful mix of Spiny Oyster and Hammer Shell make a strand of subtle neutrals that will compliment many designs!

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Bronzite, Tiger Eye, & Lapis 6mm Compressed Round - 15-16 Inch

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Get the a little bit of a couple stone types, all in one bead! This strand has Bronzite, Tiger Eye, & Lapis all compressed in one bead giving i...

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Pink Mica 10mm Round A Grade - 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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Thulite 10mm Round AA Grade - 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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Spiny Oyster Mixed With Black Lip Shell 4-5mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch

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The stunning contrast of the Spiny Oyster and Black Lip Shell make for a bold combo that is sure to be great to add to your designs!

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Seraphinite 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle AAA 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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Mushroom Rhyolite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Mushroom Rhyolite is named for the naturally occurring stone pattern which often resembles mushrooms or other fungi. It may also be call Mushroom P...

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Phosphosiderite 10mm 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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Red Malachite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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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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Purple Mica Muscovite 8mm Round - 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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Turquoise & Dyed Magnesite (Compressed) 2x4 Heishi - 15-16 Inch

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Atlantisite Stichtite 3mm Table Cut Cube - 15-16 Inch

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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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Grandidierite 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle - 15 Inch

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Grandidierite is a very rare, greenish-blue to bluish-green borosilicate mineral, named after French explorer Alfred Grandidier. It's a prized gem,...

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Seraphinite 3mm Faceted Round AAA 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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Blue Ice Glaciertite 10mm 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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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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DS Glass Tumbler

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Beehive 20mm White Round - 8 Inch

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These jumbo beads are so light and airy, perfect for a bold look but without the weight. These are made from actual beehives and processed to make ...

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Beehive 20mm Round - 8 Inch

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These jumbo beads are so light and airy, perfect for a bold look but without the weight. These are made from actual beehives and processed to make ...

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Turquoise & Dyed Magnesite (Compressed) 2x6 Heishi - 15-16 Inch

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Trolleite 10mm 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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14 oz Coffee Mug Tall Belly Gloss - Limited Editions

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14 oz Coffee Mug Tall Belly Gloss - Limited Editions

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Egyptian Turquoise 5x7-7x9mm Graduated Free Form Oval - 15-16 Inch

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Egyptian Turquoise is one of the oldest known sources of turquoise, historically mined in the Sinai region for thousands of years and prized since ...

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Sieber Agate 10mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Sieber agate is not a true agate but rather a glassy, dark blue-grey or green copper slag that formed during ancient copper smelting in Germany, sp...

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Jet 16mm Round - 15-16 inch

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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.