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Faceted & Microfaceted Beads

Faceted & Microfaceted 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.
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Aquamarine 2.5mm Banded Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Devil Aquamarine 4mm Banded Faceted Round Bead - 15-16 Inch

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"Devil Aquamarine" (or "Devil Blue Aquamarine") is a market term for natural aquamarine characterized by deep blue, dark tones, and inclusions of b...

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Brazilian Amazonite 8mm Faceted Puff Heart A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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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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Black Sardonyx 6x8mm Corner Drilled Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Sardonyx has a Sard base, typically of brown or black, with bands of white Onyx running through it. Sard is not Onyx, but rather a dark variety of ...

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Sodalite 8mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Red Hematoid Quartz 8mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch

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Hematoid Quartz is Quartz with inclusions of hematite. The hematite inclusions are responsible for the stone’s color, which can be yellow, orange, ...

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Diopside 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle AAA 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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Sapphire 5mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch

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Sapphires are precious gemstones, but unlike rubies, they come in a rainbow of colors besides red! They are all varieties of the mineral corundum,...

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Hubei Turquoise 3x8mm Faceted Rondelle AAA - 15-16 Inch

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

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

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

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Golden Sunstone 6mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch

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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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Black Sunstone 6mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch

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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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Mixed Lodalite Quartz 6mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch

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Mixed 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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Red Black Super Seven 4mm Faceted Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Super 7, also known as Melody's Stone, is a rare, naturally occurring rock composed of seven specific minerals: amethyst, clear quartz, smoky quart...

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Tanzanite 4mm Coin Faceted AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Tanzanite is both extremely rare and extremely attractive, and we offer it when we can.

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Dumortierite 8mm Double Heart Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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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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Terahertz 10mm Lantern Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Terahertz is a spectacular man made ore. It shines and sparkles like a diamond making it an exceptional addition to any jewelry piece. It has treme...

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Rose Quartz 8mm Faceted Round - 8-Inch

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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...

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Dog Teeth Amethyst 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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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...

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Green Aventurine (AAA) 8mm Faceted Round - 8-Inch

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Green Aventurine is a green translucent quartz with glimmering metallic inclusions. Green is the most common color for Aventurine, but it can also ...

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Rose Quartz 6mm Faceted Round 8-Inch

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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...

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Apple Jasper 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole 8-Inch

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Apple Jasper carries the deep red to bright red hues of apples, frequently complemented by tans, ochre browns and deep greens. Jaspers are consider...

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Rose Quartz 10mm Faceted Round - 8-Inch

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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...

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Lapis 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Lapis, or Lapis Lazuli, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color. D...

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Onyx 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Onyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline Quartz. It is often thought of as an all-black stone, and much of the black Onyx o...

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Amazonite 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Amazonite is a member of the feldspar family, Amazonite, also known as Amazon Stone, ranges in color from blue-green to green. It is an opaque ston...

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Blue Crazy Lace Agate 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Blue Crazy Lace Agate is actually Mexican Crazy Lace Agate that has been color enhanced with blue to bring out the beautiful patterns in the stone....

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Rose Quartz 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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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...

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Lapis 4mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Lapis, or Lapis Lazuli, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color. D...

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African Turquoise 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-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-gre...

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Green Lodalite Quartz 6mm Bicone - 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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Onyx 6mm Round Faceted 8-Inch

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Onyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline Quartz. It is often thought of as an all-black stone, and much of the black Onyx o...

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Kabamby Ocean Jasper 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Named for the village near where it is found in Madagascar, Kabamby Ocean Jasper was first mined in 2002. It is known for its colors to to dark gre...

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Sodalite 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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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...

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Onyx 6mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Onyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline Quartz. It is often thought of as an all-black stone, and much of the black Onyx o...

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MATTE Onyx 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Onyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline Quartz. It is often thought of as an all-black stone, and much of the black Onyx o...

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Blue Apatite 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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

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Green Garnet 8mm Faceted Rondelle - 8-Inch

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Green Garnet can be among the most valuable of garnets, which come in a variety of colors. Occurring in sizes ranging from a grain of sand to the s...

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Labradorite 8mm Rondelle Faceted (A) - 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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Multi Rhutilated Quartz 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole (2-2.5mm) 8-Inch - CLEARANCE

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Lavender Amethyst 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole (2-2.5mm) 8-Inch

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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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Blue Apatite 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole (2-2.5mm) 8-Inch

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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...

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Black Spinel 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole (2-2.5mm) 8-Inch

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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...

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Aquamarine 8mm Faceted Rondelle Large Hole (2-2.5mm) 8-Inch

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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...

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Multi Tourmaline 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE

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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...

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MATTE African Turquoise 8mm Large Hole Rondelle 8-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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Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE

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The name originates from the town of Larvik, Norway where this type of igneous rock is found. Legend has it that it came to the world?s attention i...

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Fossil Coral Large Hole Faceted 8mm Round - 8-inch

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Fossil Coral is the prehistoric fossilized remains of the invertebrate reef builders that live in tropical oceans. Silica-rich waters create harden...

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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.