Skip to content
Faceted & Microfaceted Shaped Beads

Faceted & Microfaceted Shaped Beads

Faceted gemstone beads turn light into the sparkle line of a design — every strand here is cut with flat, polished planes, from classic faceted rounds and rondelles to table-cut cubes, coins, energy prisms, and lanterns. Beads 6mm and up are our standard faceted cuts; under 6mm we call them microfaceted — dozens of tiny facets that read as continuous shimmer on 2–5mm beads.

The specs designers ask about first: sizes run 2mm through 10mm, deepest at 3–4mm and 8mm. Standard strands are 15–16 inch with 0.8–1.1mm holes — comfortable on beading wire, silk, or doubled thread — and about 70 large-hole styles (2–2.5mm holes) come on 8-inch strands for leather and knotted cord. Roughly 70 stones are in stock faceted right now, led by tourmaline, quartz, garnet, labradorite, and Hubei turquoise, and grades and treatments (plated, dyed, lab-made CZ and terahertz) are stated in every product title.

Every strand is checked in Minnesota for facet consistency, color, and grade before it ships, and the promise is simple: every bead on the strand is usable. Filter by stone, size, or shape to narrow to exactly what your project needs.
Shop the collection ↓

Australian Chrysoprase 3mm Cube Table Cut Banded Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00
Original price $25.00
$25.00 - $25.00
Current price $25.00
Login for wholesale

Chrysoprase is a bright apple green, translucent stone, whose color often caused ancient jewelers to confuse it with Emerald. A cryptocrystalline C...

View full details
Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00
Original price $25.00
$25.00 - $25.00
Current price $25.00
Login for wholesale

Dog Teeth Amethyst 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00
Original price $28.00
$28.00 - $28.00
Current price $28.00
Login for wholesale

Dog Teeth Amethyst has a purple and white striped appearance due to its combination of Amethyst and White Quartz. The name derives from the recurri...

View full details
Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00
Original price $28.00
$28.00 - $28.00
Current price $28.00
Login for wholesale

Lapis 4mm Cube Table Cut - 15-16 Inch

Original price $26.00 - Original price $26.00
Original price $26.00
$26.00 - $26.00
Current price $26.00
Login for wholesale

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...

View full details
Original price $26.00 - Original price $26.00
Original price $26.00
$26.00 - $26.00
Current price $26.00
Login for wholesale

Iolite 2mm Cube Table Cut AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00
Original price $18.00
$18.00 - $18.00
Current price $18.00
Login for wholesale

Iolite most commonly occurs in shades of blue to gray, violet or indigo. It displays a visual property called “pleochroism,” which means that it ca...

View full details
Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00
Original price $18.00
$18.00 - $18.00
Current price $18.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine 2mm Faceted Cube A Grade - 15-16 Inch

Original price $16.00 - Original price $16.00
Original price $16.00
$16.00 - $16.00
Current price $16.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent t...

View full details
Original price $16.00 - Original price $16.00
Original price $16.00
$16.00 - $16.00
Current price $16.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

Original price $39.00 - Original price $39.00
Original price $39.00
$39.00 - $39.00
Current price $39.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent t...

View full details
Original price $39.00 - Original price $39.00
Original price $39.00
$39.00 - $39.00
Current price $39.00
Login for wholesale

Amazonite 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00
Original price $28.00
$28.00 - $28.00
Current price $28.00
Login for wholesale

Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...

View full details
Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00
Original price $28.00
$28.00 - $28.00
Current price $28.00
Login for wholesale

Rose Quartz 2mm Table Cut Cube Banded - 15-16 Inch

Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00
Original price $17.00
$17.00 - $17.00
Current price $17.00
Login for wholesale

Rose Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal and one of the most common varieties of the Quartz family. It is a translucent to transparent stone with a...

View full details
Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00
Original price $17.00
$17.00 - $17.00
Current price $17.00
Login for wholesale

Sodalite 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00
Original price $25.00
$25.00 - $25.00
Current price $25.00
Login for wholesale

Sodalite is named for its sodium content and may be classified as a feldspathoid. Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as “poor man’s lapis” beca...

View full details
Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00
Original price $25.00
$25.00 - $25.00
Current price $25.00
Login for wholesale

Multi Tourmaline 4mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00
Original price $29.00
$29.00 - $29.00
Current price $29.00
Login for wholesale

Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to...

View full details
Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00
Original price $29.00
$29.00 - $29.00
Current price $29.00
Login for wholesale

Blue Apatite 7mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $43.00 - Original price $43.00
Original price $43.00
$43.00 - $43.00
Current price $43.00
Login for wholesale

Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal to blue to bright blue to dark blue to green. It can be easily confused with other minerals due to its...

View full details
Original price $43.00 - Original price $43.00
Original price $43.00
$43.00 - $43.00
Current price $43.00
Login for wholesale

Amethyst 7mm Cube Table Cut - 15-16 Inch

Original price $41.00 - Original price $41.00
Original price $41.00
$41.00 - $41.00
Current price $41.00
Login for wholesale

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 ...

View full details
Original price $41.00 - Original price $41.00
Original price $41.00
$41.00 - $41.00
Current price $41.00
Login for wholesale

Morganite Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

Original price $39.00 - Original price $39.00
Original price $39.00
$39.00 - $39.00
Current price $39.00
Login for wholesale

Morganite gets its pink hue from the presence of manganese or cesium in the stone. It's actually a pink variety of Beryl -- the family of gemstones...

View full details
Original price $39.00 - Original price $39.00
Original price $39.00
$39.00 - $39.00
Current price $39.00
Login for wholesale

Botswana Agate Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

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

View full details
Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Yellow Opal 6-7mm Table Cut Cube - 15-16 Inch

Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Yellow Opal is transparent to opaque, milky white to pale yellow in color. It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that bran...

View full details
Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Multi Tourmaline 2mm Faceted Cube A Grade - 15-16 Inch

Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00
Original price $22.00
$22.00 - $22.00
Current price $22.00
Login for wholesale

Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to...

View full details
Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00
Original price $22.00
$22.00 - $22.00
Current price $22.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine 2mm Faceted Cube - 15-16 Inch

Regular Price $20.00
Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00
Original price $20.00
Sale Price $10.00
Login for wholesale
$10.00 - $10.00
Current price $10.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent t...

View full details
Regular Price $20.00
Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00
Original price $20.00
Sale Price $10.00
Login for wholesale
$10.00 - $10.00
Current price $10.00
Login for wholesale
Sale Sale

Lapis 3mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $31.00 - Original price $31.00
Original price $31.00
$31.00 - $31.00
Current price $31.00
Login for wholesale

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...

View full details
Original price $31.00 - Original price $31.00
Original price $31.00
$31.00 - $31.00
Current price $31.00
Login for wholesale

Brazilian Amazonite 3mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Bead - 15-16 Inch

Regular Price $18.00
Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00
Original price $18.00
Sale Price $12.00
Login for wholesale
$12.00 - $12.00
Current price $12.00
Login for wholesale

Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...

View full details
Regular Price $18.00
Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00
Original price $18.00
Sale Price $12.00
Login for wholesale
$12.00 - $12.00
Current price $12.00
Login for wholesale
Sale Sale

Rhodonite 6-7mm Table Cut Cube A Grade - 15-16 Inch

Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00
Original price $30.00
$30.00 - $30.00
Current price $30.00
Login for wholesale

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...

View full details
Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00
Original price $30.00
$30.00 - $30.00
Current price $30.00
Login for wholesale

Brazilian Amazonite Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...

View full details
Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Red Garnet Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Red Garnet is the most commonly known type of Garnet, which occurs in many colors. Garnet has been used for adornment and spirituality by myriad cu...

View full details
Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Blue Apatite Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $39.00 - Original price $39.00
Original price $39.00
$39.00 - $39.00
Current price $39.00
Login for wholesale

Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal to blue to bright blue to dark blue to green. It can be easily confused with other minerals due to its...

View full details
Original price $39.00 - Original price $39.00
Original price $39.00
$39.00 - $39.00
Current price $39.00
Login for wholesale

Brazilian Amazonite 4x6 mm Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube - 15-16 Inch

Original price $26.00 - Original price $26.00
Original price $26.00
$26.00 - $26.00
Current price $26.00
Login for wholesale

Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...

View full details
Original price $26.00 - Original price $26.00
Original price $26.00
$26.00 - $26.00
Current price $26.00
Login for wholesale

Green Lodalite Quartz 8x6 Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

Original price $32.00 - Original price $32.00
Original price $32.00
$32.00 - $32.00
Current price $32.00
Login for wholesale

Green Lodolite is Quartz with inclusions of sand. These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens....

View full details
Original price $32.00 - Original price $32.00
Original price $32.00
$32.00 - $32.00
Current price $32.00
Login for wholesale

Amazonite 5mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00
Original price $24.00
$24.00 - $24.00
Current price $24.00
Login for wholesale

Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...

View full details
Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00
Original price $24.00
$24.00 - $24.00
Current price $24.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise Banded Yellow/Light Blue/White 2.5mm Cube Faceted - 15-16 Inch

Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00
Original price $30.00
$30.00 - $30.00
Current price $30.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...

View full details
Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00
Original price $30.00
$30.00 - $30.00
Current price $30.00
Login for wholesale

Golden Sunstone 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $37.00 - Original price $37.00
Original price $37.00
$37.00 - $37.00
Current price $37.00
Login for wholesale

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...

View full details
Original price $37.00 - Original price $37.00
Original price $37.00
$37.00 - $37.00
Current price $37.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise 4mm Matrix Blue/Green/Black Table Cut Cube Banded - 15-16 Inch

Original price $62.00 - Original price $62.00
Original price $62.00
$62.00 - $62.00
Current price $62.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...

View full details
Original price $62.00 - Original price $62.00
Original price $62.00
$62.00 - $62.00
Current price $62.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise 4mm Matrix Cube Faceted AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price $56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...

View full details
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price $56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Login for wholesale

Prehnite Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube A Grade - 15-16 Inch

Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

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...

View full details
Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine 3mm Table Cut Cube AAA - 15-16 Inch

Original price $32.00 - Original price $32.00
Original price $32.00
$32.00 - $32.00
Current price $32.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent t...

View full details
Original price $32.00 - Original price $32.00
Original price $32.00
$32.00 - $32.00
Current price $32.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine 3mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $16.00 - Original price $16.00
Original price $16.00
$16.00 - $16.00
Current price $16.00
Login for wholesale

Aquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent t...

View full details
Original price $16.00 - Original price $16.00
Original price $16.00
$16.00 - $16.00
Current price $16.00
Login for wholesale

Peach Moonstone 7mm Cube Table Cut A Grade Bead - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

Original price $43.00 - Original price $43.00
Original price $43.00
$43.00 - $43.00
Current price $43.00
Login for wholesale

Moonstone naturally occurs in a broad spectrum of colors, but is most commonly associated with white, gray and peach. Its soft chatoyancy is remins...

View full details
Original price $43.00 - Original price $43.00
Original price $43.00
$43.00 - $43.00
Current price $43.00
Login for wholesale

Sunstone 2mm Faceted Cube - 15-16 Inch

Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00
Original price $20.00
$20.00 - $20.00
Current price $20.00
Login for wholesale

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...

View full details
Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00
Original price $20.00
$20.00 - $20.00
Current price $20.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise Light Blue 2.5mm Cube Faceted AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch

Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00
Original price $40.00
$40.00 - $40.00
Current price $40.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...

View full details
Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00
Original price $40.00
$40.00 - $40.00
Current price $40.00
Login for wholesale

Multi Tourmaline 2mm Cube Table Cut Banded Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00
Original price $22.00
$22.00 - $22.00
Current price $22.00
Login for wholesale

Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to...

View full details
Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00
Original price $22.00
$22.00 - $22.00
Current price $22.00
Login for wholesale

Multi Spinel 2mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Banded Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $37.00 - Original price $37.00
Original price $37.00
$37.00 - $37.00
Current price $37.00
Login for wholesale

Spinel is a hard vitreous magnesium aluminum oxide, and comes in a range of other colors, but those varieties are transparent. Black Spinel not onl...

View full details
Original price $37.00 - Original price $37.00
Original price $37.00
$37.00 - $37.00
Current price $37.00
Login for wholesale

Gold Rutilated Quartz 2mm Faceted Cube - 15-16 Inch

Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00
Original price $20.00
$20.00 - $20.00
Current price $20.00
Login for wholesale

Rutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle to like inclusions of Rutile. These “needles” usually appear golden, but can also ...

View full details
Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00
Original price $20.00
$20.00 - $20.00
Current price $20.00
Login for wholesale

Citrine 3mm Table Cut Cube A Grade - 15-16 Inch

Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00
Original price $17.00
$17.00 - $17.00
Current price $17.00
Login for wholesale

Citrine is a transparent Quartz, ranging in color from pale yellow to golden yellow, honey or brown, giving it a similar appearance to Topaz. It ma...

View full details
Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00
Original price $17.00
$17.00 - $17.00
Current price $17.00
Login for wholesale

Amethyst Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube A Grade Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $39.00 - Original price $39.00
Original price $39.00
$39.00 - $39.00
Current price $39.00
Login for wholesale

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 ...

View full details
Original price $39.00 - Original price $39.00
Original price $39.00
$39.00 - $39.00
Current price $39.00
Login for wholesale

Champagne Garnet 3mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00
Original price $18.00
$18.00 - $18.00
Current price $18.00
Login for wholesale

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...

View full details
Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00
Original price $18.00
$18.00 - $18.00
Current price $18.00
Login for wholesale

Tourmaline 3mm Banded Table Cut Cube - 15-16 Inch

Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00
Original price $29.00
$29.00 - $29.00
Current price $29.00
Login for wholesale

Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to...

View full details
Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00
Original price $29.00
$29.00 - $29.00
Current price $29.00
Login for wholesale

Rose Quartz 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch

Original price $34.00 - Original price $34.00
Original price $34.00
$34.00 - $34.00
Current price $34.00
Login for wholesale

Rose Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal and one of the most common varieties of the Quartz family. It is a translucent to transparent stone with a...

View full details
Original price $34.00 - Original price $34.00
Original price $34.00
$34.00 - $34.00
Current price $34.00
Login for wholesale

Citrine 4mm Cube Table Cut - 15-16 Inch

Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00
Original price $29.00
$29.00 - $29.00
Current price $29.00
Login for wholesale

Citrine is a transparent Quartz, ranging in color from pale yellow to golden yellow, honey or brown, giving it a similar appearance to Topaz. It ma...

View full details
Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00
Original price $29.00
$29.00 - $29.00
Current price $29.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise 4mm Matrix Blue/Green/Black Cube Faceted A Grade Banded - 15-16 Inch

Original price $54.00 - Original price $54.00
Original price $54.00
$54.00 - $54.00
Current price $54.00
Login for wholesale

Hubei Turquoise is sourced from Hubei Province in Northern China, one of the most recognized turquoise-producing regions in the world. This materia...

View full details
Original price $54.00 - Original price $54.00
Original price $54.00
$54.00 - $54.00
Current price $54.00
Login for wholesale

Strawberry Quartz Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube - 15-16 Inch

Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

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

View full details
Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00
Original price $35.00
$35.00 - $35.00
Current price $35.00
Login for wholesale

Lapis 8x6 Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube-15-16 Inch

Original price $36.00 - Original price $36.00
Original price $36.00
$36.00 - $36.00
Current price $36.00
Login for wholesale

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...

View full details
Original price $36.00 - Original price $36.00
Original price $36.00
$36.00 - $36.00
Current price $36.00
Login for wholesale
Faceted Rondelle Beads

Faceted Rondelle Beads

A rondelle is a workhorse shape — flattened, low-profile, and built to stack tight — so faceting it turns every one of those flat planes into a hit of light instead of one flat surface doing all the work. It's the shape most designers reach for first: small enough to spacer between focals, substantial enough to carry a strand on its own. We drill for consistency, with holes sized to handle real stringing wire rather than just beading cord, and we carry the cut from 2mm up to 12mm across birthstones, cardinal gems, and specialty stones like Rainbow Moonstone. A wide selection here isn't a bonus — it's what actually lets a design get finished.
Faceted Round Beads

Faceted Round Beads

The round is the most trusted shape in jewelry design, and faceting it doesn't change that — it sharpens it. Each bead is cut with dozens of flat planes (32 to 64 facets on the smaller sizes) that turn a stone's natural shine into individual points of light instead of one soft glow. It's still the round every designer already knows how to build with — same predictable drill, same reliable drape — just with more going on when it catches light. We stock the cut from 2mm to 10mm, with the deepest range at 3mm and 4mm, so the sizes designers reach for most are also the ones we're never light on.
Faceted Coin Beads

Faceted Coin Beads

A coin bead is just a flat round — what earns ours a second look is the face. Dakota's faceted coins carry a precise square-facet cut that reads as a checkerboard when the light hits it, plus our newer "star cut" option: a six-sided geometric star with a tabletop face for an entirely different kind of shine. Both come with a puffed edge, holes drilled to fit up to 20 gauge wire, and a cutting process efficient enough to keep an intricate cut at a genuinely low price point. Stocked in 4mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, and select 12mm sizes across 50+ stone types.

Frequently asked questions

  • What's the difference between faceted and microfaceted beads?
    Both are cut with flat, polished planes that catch light — the difference is facet count and size. A standard faceted bead carries fewer, larger facets, so each plane reads as a distinct flash. A microfaceted bead is covered in dozens of much smaller facets, giving a fine, continuous shimmer instead of individual sparkles. Microfaceting is a small-bead cut — it shows best at 2–4mm — while standard faceting runs the full 2mm–10mm range.
  • What faceted cuts does Dakota stock?
    The deepest runs are faceted rounds (about 340 active options), table-cut cubes (about 175), and faceted rondelles (about 165), followed by faceted coins, microfaceted rounds, energy prisms, faceted hearts, tri-cut rondelles, and faceted lanterns. Several cuts also have their own collection pages — microfaceted rounds, microfaceted rondelles, faceted cubes, faceted lanterns, and faceted saucers — if you want to browse a single shape in depth.
  • What sizes do faceted gemstone beads come in?
    Current stock runs 2mm through 10mm, with the deepest counts at 4mm, 8mm, and 3mm. Rondelles also come in flattened profiles like 2x3mm, 3x4mm, 4x6mm, and 6x8mm — height first, then width. Most strands are 15–16 inch; around 70 large-hole options come on 8-inch strands for leather and thicker cord.
  • What stones come in faceted cuts?
    Roughly 70 stones are in stock faceted right now. Tourmaline, quartz, Hubei turquoise, garnet, labradorite, moonstone, amazonite, lapis, ruby, and aquamarine carry the deepest counts — harder, finer-grained materials dominate because they hold a crisp facet edge. The collection also includes lab-made cubic zirconia and terahertz, plus metallic-plated hematite and labradorite; every treatment is identified in the product title.
  • How do I choose the right faceted cut for a design?
    Match the cut to the job. Faceted rounds are the all-purpose sparkle bead; rondelles pack more beads per inch, so they're the stacking and spacer choice; table-cut cubes add geometric structure; coins give flat flash for earrings and pendants; energy prisms and hearts work as focals. For fine, continuous shimmer in delicate work, use microfaceted rounds or rondelles at 2–4mm. Mixing faceted accents into smooth strands is the classic move — the sparkle reads deliberate instead of busy.