Star Cut Beads
With 20 facets, a star cut gemstone enhances even the most intense colors. It is also one of few cuts where facets and matte finish combine to highlight the subtlest of colors, like rose quartz or moonstone. Star cut stones carry the same visual weight as a similarly sized bead but have less physical weight than a round or traditional faceted round, making it great for lightweight designs.
African Petrified Wood Agate 8mm Star Cut Coin - 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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African Turquoise 6mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 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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African Turquoise 8mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 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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Amethyst 6mm Star Cut Coin 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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Aquamarine (multi) 6mm Star Cut Round 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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Aquamarine (multi) 8mm Star Cut Round - 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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Aquamarine 6mm Faceted Double Heart Star Cut - 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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Aquamarine 8mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 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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Astrophyllite 8mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch
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Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Astrophyllite gets its name from the Greek w...
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Black Rutilated Quartz 6mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 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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Bloodstone 6mm Star Cut Round - 15-16 Inch
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Bloodstone most commonly refers to green Jasper with red inclusions consisting of Hematite. Naturally occurring in hues of blue-green to green with...
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Blue Apatite 6mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 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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Brazillian Amazonite 6mm Star Cut Coin 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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Brazillian Amazonite 8mm Star Cut Coin 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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Chrysocolla 6mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch
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Chrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors ...
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Chrysocolla 8mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 Inch
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Chrysocolla, a hydrous copper silicate, is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens. It often also occurs with colors ...
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Golden 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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Green Garnet 6mm Star Cut Coin - 15-16 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 6mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 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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Labradorite 8mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 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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Labradorite A 4mm Double Heart - 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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Labradorite Faceted Double Heart 6mm Star Cut - 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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Lapis 6mm Double Heart Faceted Star Cut - 15-16"
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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 6mm Star Cut Coin A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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About this cut
Cut name
Star Cut
Drill style
Center-drilled (point to point)
Typical sizes
8mm6mm4mm10mm
Stones in this cut
QuartzSardonyxLabradoriteGarnetLapisAquamarineAgateSodaliteRose QuartzMoonstoneChrysocollaAmazonite
Common uses
sparkle accent in strung necklacesfocal beads in stretch braceletsearring drops and danglesdecorative substitute for faceted roundsmixed-cut strands with smooth roundsspacers in beaded chain designs
Related cuts
Faceted Round, Double Hearted
Design notes
Star cut is the decorative cousin of the faceted round — same drill axis and stringing behavior, but with radial faceting that throws sharper flashes of light. Use it where a faceted round would feel too uniform, or where you want one bead per strand to carry the sparkle. 6mm reads as a delicate sparkle bead; 8mm carries enough facet area to work as a focal. Pair with smooth rounds or rondelles of the same stone to keep the design from feeling overworked, and avoid mixing star cut with other heavily faceted cuts in the same strand unless the stones contrast strongly.
Frequently asked questions
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What is a star cut bead?
A star cut bead is a round-profile bead faceted into a multi-pointed star pattern, with triangular facets radiating from the drill hole to a defined equator. The result reads as a faceted sphere at a distance but throws sharper, more directional light than a standard faceted round because the facet geometry is organized around points rather than a uniform grid. Star cuts are center-drilled through the axis and strand like a faceted round, so they substitute cleanly in any design that calls for a 6mm or 8mm faceted bead but wants more visible sparkle and surface variation. -
What sizes does Dakota stock in star cut?
Dakota currently stocks star cut beads primarily in 6mm and 8mm, which together account for most of the 72 active SKUs in this cut. 8mm leads with 34 products and 6mm follows with 31, so those are the working sizes for most designs. 4mm shows up in a handful of stones (4 products) for spacer and accent use, and 10mm is available in a single SKU. Star cuts hold their facet definition best at 6mm and above — below 4mm the facets get too small to read as a star and the bead looks like a textured round. Sizes per product appear on each listing. -
What stones does Dakota carry in star cut?
Star cut runs across a broad range of materials. Current stock includes quartz (7 products), sardonyx (6), labradorite (5), sodalite, rose quartz, garnet, agate, lapis and aquamarine (4 each), and moonstone (3), plus a long tail of other stones. The cut works in both translucent stones (quartz, rose quartz, aquamarine, moonstone) where the facets catch internal light, and in opaque stones (sodalite, lapis, sardonyx, agate) where the facets create surface highlights. Treatment varies by stone — dyeing on agate, heat on some quartz, stabilization on softer materials — check the individual listing or ask before buying if it isn't specified. -
What jewelry does star cut work best for?
Star cut suits designs that want more visible sparkle than a smooth round but don't need the uniform geometry of a standard faceted round. It performs well in strung necklaces and bracelets where the bead rotates against the skin and catches light from multiple angles, and in earrings where a single 6mm or 8mm bead carries a drop. It also reads cleanly as a focal in stretch bracelets, where the faceting breaks up the visual repetition of a plain round strand. Pair with smooth rounds or rondelles of the same stone to let the star cut carry the sparkle. -
How does star cut differ from a standard faceted round?
A standard faceted round uses a uniform grid of small facets — typically 64 or 96 — distributed evenly across the sphere. A star cut organizes the facets into radial points, so light reflects in distinct flashes rather than the more diffuse sparkle of a faceted round. Star cuts also tend to read with slightly more surface depth because the facets are larger and the angles more varied. Functionally they're interchangeable in stringing — same drill, same approximate diameter — but visually the star cut is the more decorative choice and the faceted round is the more neutral one.