Bead World Gems

Approximate beads per strand: 25 What is it: Shell is a hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives underwater.    Because shells are natural materials, appearances...

Approximate beads per strand: 30 What is it: Shell is a hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives underwater.    Because shells are natural materials, appearances...

Approximate beads per strand: 30 What is it: Larimar is a rare variety of the silicate mineral, pectolite, residing solely in the Dominican Republic. It varies from white to deep blue. These stones...

Approximate beads per strand: 20 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 purple...

Approximate beads per strand: 25 What is it: Agate is a variety of banded microcrystalline quartz, or chalcedony. There are a vast amount of varieties of agate. Usually, each variety is named after...

Sold Individually 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 purple amethyst,...

Sold Individually What is it: Opalite is a man-made glass that resembles the mineral opal. Opalite predominantly consists of dolomite fused with metal...

Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Aquamarine is a blue variety of beryl. It occurs in most sites which yield ordinary beryl. Well-known varieties of beryl are emeralds and aquamarine...

Sold Individually What is it: Abalone are a group of small to large marine snails with mother of pearl on the inside. Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material...

Sold Individually What is it: Abalone are a group of small to large marine snails with mother of pearl on the inside. Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material...

Sold Individually What is it: Abalone are a group of small to large marine snails with mother of pearl on the inside. Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material...

Sold Individually What is it: Abalone are a group of small to large marine snails with mother of pearl on the inside. Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material...

Sold Individually What is it: Abalone are a group of small to large marine snails with mother of pearl on the inside. Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material...

Sold Individually What is it: Abalone are a group of small to large marine snails with mother of pearl on the inside. Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material...

Sold Individually What is it: Abalone are a group of small to large marine snails with mother of pearl on the inside. Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material...

Sold Individually What is it: Abalone are a group of small to large marine snails with mother of pearl on the inside. Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material...

Sold Individually What is it: Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide and was one of the first ores used to create copper metal. Mohs Hardness is 3.5 to 4. History: When ground...

Sold Individually Double Sided What is it: Shell is a hard, protective outer layer created by an animal that lives underwater.    Because shells are natural materials, appearances...

Sold Individually What is it: Mother of pearl, also known as Nacre, is an organic and inorganic material produced by select mollusks as an inner shell layer, it also makes up the colorful,...

Approximate beads per strand: 40 What is it: Natural turquoise is a copper-rich mineral admired for its beautiful range of blues and greens, often accented by a striking matrix from the host rock...

Approximate beads per strand: 32What is it: Natural turquoise is a copper-rich mineral admired for its beautiful range of blues and greens, often accented by a striking matrix from the host rock...

Sold Individually Pictured is item's front and back What is it: Tiger eye is a chatoyant (cats' eye effect) variety of microcystalline quartz. Tiger eye gets it's lustrous appearance from the...

Sold Individually What is it: Howlite is a borate mineral, which occurs in Canada and parts of the USA. It forms as irregular nodules which can appear in the shape of a cauliflower head. Howlite is...

Sold Individually What is it: Opalite is a man-made glass that resembles the mineral opal. Opalite predominantly consists of dolomite fused with metal...

Sold Individually 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 purple amethyst,...

Sold Individually Pictured is item's front and back What is it: Carnelian is in the chalcedony family, sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between other chalcedony gemstones. Sard, which...

Sold Individually What is it: Opalite is a man-made glass that resembles the mineral opal. Opalite predominantly consists of dolomite fused with metal...

Sold Individually Pictured is item's front and back What is it: Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide and was one of the first ores used to create copper metal. Mohs Hardness is 3.5...

Sold Individually Also known as Pony Beads, Forte Beads are a 5x7mm bead that is rectangular in shape with rounded edges, almost like a rondel or heishi. They have a larger hole of 2.5mm, allowing...

Sold Individually Pictured is item's front and back What is it: The mineral pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2. Pyrite is considered...

Sold Individually Also known as Pony Beads, Forte Beads are a 5x7mm bead that is rectangular in shape with rounded edges, almost like a rondel or heishi. They have a larger hole of 2.5mm, allowing...

Sold Individually Pictured is item's front and back 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...

Sold Individually 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 purple amethyst,...

Sold Individually Pictured is item's front and back What is it: Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide and was one of the first ores used to create copper metal. Mohs Hardness is 3.5...

Sold Individually What is it: Aventurine is a gemstone variety of quartz prized for it's translucency and sparkly metallic inclusions. These inclusions are typically composed of muscovite mica,...

Sold Individually 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 sea water...

Sold Individually Pictured is item's front and back What is it: Tiger eye is a chatoyant (cats' eye effect) variety of microcystalline quartz. Tiger eye gets it's lustrous appearance from the...

Sold Individually What is it: Obsidian is an igneous rock that forms when molten rock cools so rapidly that it is unable to form into a crystalline structure. The result is a volcanic glass with a...

Sold Individually Pictured is item's front and back 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...

Sold Individually What is it: Onyx, as well as agate are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the form of the bands: agate has curved bands and onyx has parallel bands...