Bead World Gems

Approximate beads per strand: 125 What is it: Hubei Turquoise comes from the Hubei Mine in China. The gemstone is full of deep greens, dark blues and even yellows. The most prized color is dark blue...

Approximate beads per strand: 150 What is it: Cat’s eye is a gemstone effect known as chatoyancy, where a band of light appears to glide across the surface of the stone, resembling the slit...

Approximate beads per strand: 78 What is it: Jasper, is a type of quartz and / or chalcedony, which is opaque and usually red, yellow, brown, green, or blue. Patterns in this stone are created...

Approximate beads per strand: 120 What is it: A ruby is a pink to red colored gemstone, a variety of corundum. Ruby is the birthstone for July. Ruby is used in all forms of jewelry,...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Magnesite is named after the presence of magnesium in its composition. White magnesite is very porous and has the ability to absorb dye to...

Approximate beads per strand: 46 What is it: Magnesite is named after the presence of magnesium in its composition. White magnesite is very porous and has the ability to absorb dye to...

Approximate beads per strand: 36 What is it: Magnesite is named after the presence of magnesium in its composition. White magnesite is very porous and has the ability to absorb dye to...

Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Magnesite is named after the presence of magnesium in its composition. White magnesite is very porous and has the ability to absorb dye to...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Dyed jade refers to natural jadeite or nephrite that has been treated with artificial coloring to enhance or alter its appearance. While untreated jade...

Approximate beads per strand: 144 Spiny Oyster: What is it: Spiny oyster, also known as Spondylus, is not actually an oyster but a colorful bivalve mollusk found primarily in the warm...

Approximate beads per strand: 46 Spiny Oyster: What is it: Spiny oyster, also known as Spondylus, is not actually an oyster but a colorful bivalve mollusk found primarily in the warm...

Approximate beads per strand: 60 What is it: Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) is a large marine mollusk native to the warm waters of the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and parts of Florida. Its shell is...

Approximate beads per strand: 45 What is it: Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) is a large marine mollusk native to the warm waters of the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and parts of Florida. Its shell...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) is a large marine mollusk native to the warm waters of the Caribbean, the Bahamas, and parts of Florida. Its shell...

Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Agate is a variety of banded microcrystalline quartz, or chalcedony. There are a vast amount of varieties of agate. Usually, each...

Approximate beads per strand: 48 What is it: Chrysoprase, chrysophrase, or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline form of silica) that contains a small amount of...

Approximate beads per strand: 20 What is it: Citrine is a variety of quartz with colors ranging between pale yellow to brown due to ferric (salt) impurities. Visually, it is nearly...

Approximate beads per strand: 62 What is it: A ruby is a pink to red colored gemstone, a variety of corundum. Ruby is the birthstone for July. Ruby is used in all forms of jewelry,...

Approximate beads per strand: 120 What is it: Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals that are occasionally found to contain significant amounts of rare earth elements and can be used as...

Approximate beads per strand: 112 What is it: Emerald is a green variety of the mineral beryl, colored by trace amounts of chromium or vanadium. Its vibrant green tones, sometimes showing...

Approximate beads per strand: 58 What is it: Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals that are occasionally found to contain significant amounts of rare earth elements and can be used as...

Approximate beads per strand: 58 What is it: Topaz in its natural state is a golden brown to yellow and can often be mistaken as citrine, a less valuable gemstone. The density of topaz however,...

Approximate beads per strand: 46 What is it: Topaz in its natural state is a golden brown to yellow and can often be mistaken as citrine, a less valuable gemstone. The density of topaz however,...

Approximate beads per strand: 125 What is it: Quartz is a common variety of silicon dioxide that often crystallizes into well-formed hexagonal prisms. It occurs in many colors, including...

Approximate beads per strand: 18 What is it: Citrine is a variety of quartz with colors ranging between pale yellow to brown due to ferric (salt) impurities. Visually, it is nearly...

Approximate beads per strand: 17 What is it: Citrine is a variety of quartz with colors ranging between pale yellow to brown due to ferric (salt) impurities. Visually, it is nearly...

Approximate beads per strand: 140 What is it: A ruby is a pink to red colored gemstone, a variety of corundum. Ruby is the birthstone for July. Ruby is used in all forms of jewelry,...

Approximate beads per strand: 120 What is it: A ruby is a pink to red colored gemstone, a variety of corundum. Ruby is the birthstone for July. Ruby is used in all forms of jewelry,...

Approximate beads per strand: 225 What is it: Coral is one of few organic gems. It is the exoskeleton of small animals (coral) that create their branching homes from calcium carbonate dissolved...

Approximate beads per strand: 42 What is it: Coral is one of few organic gems. It is the exoskeleton of small animals (coral) that create their branching homes from calcium carbonate dissolved in...