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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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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Dark Green 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch

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Cubic Zirconia, abbreviated as CZ, is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide. Made to resemble Diamonds, these stones offer the same beauty and spark...

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Mixed Moonstone 8mm Natural Energy Prism Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Citrine 10mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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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...

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Blue Tourmaline 4mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Blue Tourmaline ranges in color from green to blue to yellow to green with black, milky white and clear, colorless inclusions. It is an aluminum bo...

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Blue Apatite 4x6mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 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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Golden Sunstone 4mm Round Faceted AA Grade - 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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Morganite 6mm Faceted Coin 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Lapis 6mm Double Heart Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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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...

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African Turquoise 8mm Energy Prism Faceted - 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-gre...

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Black Gold Amazonite 8mm Faceted Rondelle 8-Inch

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Black Gold Amazonite is a member of the Feldspar family and varies in hue from robin’s egg blue to blue-green to black, occasionally mingled with r...

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Labradorite 4x6mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 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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Blue Moonstone 7mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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Moonstone naturally occurs in a broad spectrum of colors, but is most commonly associated with white, gray and peach. It's soft chatoyancy is remin...

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Peach Moonstone 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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

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Morganite 3mm Round Faceted AA Grade Banded - 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Botswana Agate 6x8mm Tri Cut Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch

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

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Hubei Turquoise 3mm Blue Matrix Round Faceted A Grade - 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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Aquamarine 10mm Faceted Energy Prism - 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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Amethyst Natural 6x8mm Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

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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 ...

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Sodalite 10mm Faceted Round - 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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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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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle Red & Orange Banded - 15-16 Inch

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Cubic Zirconia, abbreviated as CZ, is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide. Made to resemble Diamonds, these stones offer the same beauty and spark...

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Iolite 7mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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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...

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African Petrified Wood Agate 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Petrified Wood Agate is formed from the petrifaction process of primeval trees over the course of many years. Petrification occurs when the wood is...

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Amethyst 4mm Table Cut Faceted Cube A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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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 ...

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Green Apatite 2mm Faceted Coin - 15-16 Inch

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Green Apatite is a transparent to translucent stone that may be green, yellow to green or sea to green in color. Apatite has been labeled the “dece...

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Ruby Sapphire Faceted 2mm Round - A - 15-16 Inch

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Blue Moonstone Faceted 10mm Energy Prism - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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Moonstone naturally occurs in a broad spectrum of colors, but is most commonly associated with white, gray and peach. It's soft chatoyancy is remin...

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Citrine 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Orange Garnet 4mm Faceted Coin Beads - 15-16 Inch

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Orange or Hessonite Garnet is sometimes called “Cinnamon Stone” for its orange to orange to brown color as well as for its origin in the land of sp...

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Golden Sunstone 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted - 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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Lapis 4x6mm Rondelle Faceted AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Lapis 3mm Round Faceted AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Blue Lace Agate 4mm Faceted Coin 15-16 Inch

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Blue Lace Agate is a naturally occurring soft blue agate, laced with bands or swirls of brighter blue, periwinkle, white and occasionally gray or b...

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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle 9 Multi Color Banded - 15-16 Inch

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Cubic Zirconia, abbreviated as CZ, is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide. Made to resemble Diamonds, these stones offer the same beauty and spark...

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DZI Line Agate 8mm Faceted Round Brown White - 15-16 Inch

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“DZI” Agate is made to resemble beads first found in India between 1000 and 2000 BCE. These reproductions are designed in the traditional color, pa...

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Malachite 4mm Coin Faceted - 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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Emerald 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 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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Green Kyanite 3x4mm Rondelle Faceted AA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Kyanite often occurs as long, bladed, striated crystals, transparent or translucent with a pearly luster. An aluminum silicate mineral, it may appe...

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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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African Turquoise 6x8 Tri Cut Faceted Rondelle - 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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Hubei Turquoise 2mm Matrix Blue/Brown Table Cut Cube Banded - 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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Blue Moonstone Plated Black Dot 10mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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Moonstone naturally occurs in a broad spectrum of colors, but is most commonly associated with white, gray and peach. It's soft chatoyancy is remin...

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Pietersite 8x6 Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Pietersite has been called the Tempest Stone for its colors of deep blue and gray with metallic gold and flashes of brilliant chatoyancy as it catc...

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Aquamarine 3x4mm Faceted Rondelle - dsPremier

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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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Ruby Faceted 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Ruby is a precious gemstone known for its deep red color. It is a variety of the mineral corundum, the second-hardest mineral next to diamond . The...

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Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Green 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Cubic Zirconia, abbreviated as CZ, is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide. Made to resemble Diamonds, these stones offer the same beauty and spark...

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Plum Tourmaline 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch

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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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Labradorite 7mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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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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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.