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Oval Beads

Oval beads come in a variety of options; large, small, rounded edges, angular edges, cabochons, pendants, free forms, and more.

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Blue Moonstone 7x10-9x14mm Faceted Irregular Oval -10 Inch

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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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Lapis 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 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 Rose Quartz 12x25mm Faceted Oval Focal Connector - Silver

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This faceted oval focal piece can be used as a pendant or use as a link or connector. It can be a great addition to a design by using it vertically...

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Aquamarine 7x8mm Faceted Rice 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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Red Hematoid Quartz 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 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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Amethyst 5X7-8X10mm Freeform Oval - 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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Strawberry Quartz 8x10mm Oval Faceted, Free Form - 15-16 Inch

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

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Opalite Pink (Synthetic) 13X18mm Puff Oval - 15-16 inch - CLEARANCE

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Opalite is the trade name for man to made glass treated to exhibit the internal flashes of true Opals in translucent samples, and opalescence or lu...

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Black Obsidian 12x25mm Faceted Oval Focal Connector - Silver

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This faceted oval focal piece can be used as a pendant or use as a link or connector. It can be a great addition to a design by using it vertically...

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Amethyst 7x10-8x14mm Faceted Irregular Oval - 10 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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Olive Jade 8x10mm Triangle Cut Faceted Puff Oval A Grade - 15-16-Inch

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Olive Jade is the commercial name for this yellow to green to olive green stone and ranges from translucent to opaque. This material is actually Se...

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Onyx 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch

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

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Pink Cobalt Calcite 8x10-20x30mm Top Drill Oval 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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Hubei Turquoise with Copper Painted Edge 6x8mm Blue Oval Bead - 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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Ocean Jasper 6x12-12x22mm Top Drill Oval Beads AAA Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Ocean Jasper is a commercial name for Orbicular Jasper, a variety of Jasper containing variably colored spherical patterns. It forms when Quartz an...

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Green Aventurine 12x25mm Faceted Oval Focal Connector - Silver

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This faceted oval focal piece can be used as a pendant or use as a link or connector. It can be a great addition to a design by using it vertically...

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Gold Rutilated Quartz 6x9-9x13mm Faceted Irregular Oval - 8 Inch

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

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Strawberry Quartz 8x10mm Triangle Cut Faceted Puff Oval A Grade - 15-16-Inch

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

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Crystal Quartz 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Crystal Quartz is a naturally occurring clear and colorless Quartz. It is a crystalline form of Quartz said to have many divine properties includin...

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Black Rutilated Quartz 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch

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

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Opalite Pink (Synthetic) 15X20mm Wavy Oval - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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Opalite is the trade name for man to made glass treated to exhibit the internal flashes of true Opals in translucent samples, and opalescence or lu...

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Red Garnet 7x8mm Faceted Swirl Oval - 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Agate 18x25mm Brown Oval Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Agate is a common, often banded, variety of chalcedony quartz that forms within volcanic rock cavities, featuring a Mohs hardness of 7. Known for i...

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Light Amethyst 9x11-13x18mm Free Form Faceted Oval 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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Dendritic Yellow Opal 15x20mm Oval - 15-16 Inch

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Shiva Eye 18-22 Irregular Oval 15-16 Inch

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Shiva Eye Shell 9x11mm Puff Oval Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Shiva Eye shells—also known as Pacific Cat’s Eye or Operculum—are the protective "door" of Turban snails, found in Thailand/Indonesia. They symboli...

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Tiger Eye 12x25mm Faceted Oval Focal Connector - Silver

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This faceted oval focal piece can be used as a pendant or use as a link or connector. It can be a great addition to a design by using it vertically...

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White Howlite 7x8mm Faceted Swirl Oval - 15-16 Inch

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White Howlite is named for Canadian mineralogist Henry How, who first discovered the stone in Southern California in 1868. It is typically white or...

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Labradorite 10x14-12x18mm Faceted Irregular Double Drill Oval - 10 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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Pink Chalcedony 13x22-30mm Oval Beads - 15-16 Inch

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Blue Chalcedony is a naturally occurring soft blue translucent stone. It is a member of the Quartz family, a form of silica with a cryptocrystallin...

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Brazilian Amazonite 8x10mm Triangle Cut Faceted Puff Oval - 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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Aquamarine 6x10-9x13mm Oval Tumble Nugget - 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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Red Garnet 7x8mm Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch

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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...

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Hubei Turquoise 4x6mm Flat Oval Blue AA 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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Brazilian Amazonite 6x8mm Faceted Oval - 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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Australian "Boulder" Chrysoprase Freeform Oval 7-10mm - 15-16 Inch

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

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Hubei Turquoise with Copper Painted Edge 6x8mm Blue-Green Oval Bead - 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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Shiva Eye Shell 10x14mm Oval Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Shiva Eye shells—also known as Pacific Cat’s Eye or Operculum—are the protective "door" of Turban snails, found in Thailand/Indonesia. They symboli...

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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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Chalcedony 15x20-28mm Free Form Oval Beads - 15-16 Inch

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Blue Chalcedony is a naturally occurring soft blue translucent stone. It is a member of the Quartz family, a form of silica with a cryptocrystallin...

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Obsidian 8x10mm Triangle Cut Faceted Puff Oval - 15-16-Inch

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Essentially a volcanic glass, Obsidian ranges in color from opaque black, to green, brown, mahogany, black with rainbow colors, black with snowflak...

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Amethyst 6x8mm Faceted Oval - 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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Pink Opal 6x8mm Faceted Oval - 15-16 Inch

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Pink Opal is a variety of non to precious opal, meaning that it has lustre and some translucency without the fire or color play associated with pre...

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Hubei Turquoise with Copper Painted Edge 6x8mm Green Oval Bead - 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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Egyptian Turquoise 4x5-7x10mm 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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Sunstone 8x10mm Triangle Cut Faceted Puff Oval - 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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Botswana Agate 7x8mm Faceted Swirl Oval - 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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About this cut

Oval bead shape diagram
Cut name
Oval
Drill style
Center-drilled (lengthwise)
Typical sizes
8mm7x8mm7mm10mm12x25mm8x10mm10x14mm14mm
Stones in this cut
AgateJasperAmazoniteQuartzTurquoiseAmethystCrazy Lace AgateLabradoriteMoonstoneRubyOcean JasperZebra Jasper
Common uses
strung necklaces and braceletsfocal beads in larger sizesmulti-strand designsrosary and wire-wrapped chainshowcasing banded or chatoyant stonesorganic-shape substitutes for rounds
Related cuts
Round, Marquise
Design notes
Oval is a smooth, non-faceted cut — reach for it when you want to display a stone's pattern or optical effect across a larger face than a round allows. Drill runs lengthwise, so ovals lay directional in a strand and read with more movement than rounds. Pair smaller ovals (7–8mm) with rondelle spacers for continuous-strand work; use 10x14mm or 12x25mm as focals on simple cord or chain. Expect a touch more bead-to-bead variance than calibrated rounds, especially in hand-cut patterned stones like agate and jasper.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is an oval bead and how is it drilled?
    An oval bead is a smooth, elongated bead with a rounded silhouette — longer on one axis than the other, with no flat sides or facets. The drill hole runs through the long axis, so the bead sits lengthwise on the wire or thread. Compared with a round, an oval reads more directional and shows off banding, chatoyancy, or matrix patterns over a larger surface. Compared with a rice or barrel, the ends taper to a softer curve rather than blunting off. Calibration varies by stone, and hand-cut ovals will show minor variance from bead to bead within a strand.
  • What sizes does Dakota stock in oval?
    Current oval stock spans roughly 7mm through 12x25mm. The most common sizes are 8mm (single-dimension cut), 7x8mm, and 7mm at the smaller end; 10mm, 8x10mm, and 10x14mm in the mid range; and 12x25mm at the larger, statement end. Two-dimension callouts (e.g., 7x8mm, 10x14mm) describe width by length. Smaller ovals work as spacers and continuous-strand pieces; the 10x14mm and 12x25mm sizes are typical focal or pendant-adjacent beads.
  • What stones come in oval cut?
    Dakota currently stocks oval beads across roughly 198 active SKUs. The deepest stone selections are agate (20), jasper (19), amazonite (15), quartz (11), turquoise (10), and amethyst (10), followed by crazy lace agate, labradorite, moonstone, and chalcedony. Patterned stones like agate, jasper, and crazy lace agate show especially well in oval because the longer face displays banding and matrix. Chatoyant and adularescent stones — labradorite, moonstone — also benefit from the larger flat-ish surface. Treatment varies by stone and supplier; check the listing for per-SKU disclosure.
  • What jewelry does oval work best for?
    Oval suits designs where you want shape variety without facets — strung necklaces and bracelets that need movement and visual rhythm, multi-strand pieces that benefit from a non-spherical profile, and rosary or wire-wrapped chain work where the elongated shape lays nicely between links. Larger ovals (10x14mm, 12x25mm) read as focal beads on simple cord or chain. Smaller ovals (7mm, 7x8mm, 8mm) substitute well for rounds when a designer wants the same continuous-strand feel with a slightly more organic silhouette. Ovals pair cleanly with rondelle spacers and faceted accents.
  • Oval vs round — when should I choose oval?
    Choose oval when you want to show off a stone's pattern, banding, or optical effect across a larger uninterrupted face — agate banding, jasper landscapes, labradorite flash, and moonstone sheen all benefit from the longer surface. Choose oval also when you want directional flow in a strand rather than the static, uniform read of rounds. Round is the better call for symmetric, beadwork-style pieces and when you need the bead to look identical from every angle. Oval is harder to calibrate tightly than round, so expect slightly more bead-to-bead variance, especially in hand-cut material.