Bead World Gems

Approximate beads per strand: 22 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially threatening...

Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 20 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 44 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 36 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 24 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially threatening...

Approximate beads per strand: 180 What is it: Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO2) where the violet color is caused by irradiation or impurities of iron which result in...

Approximate beads per strand: 160 What is it: Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO2) where the violet color is caused by irradiation or impurities of iron which result in...

Approximate beads per strand: 105 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: 100 What is it: Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. CZ is hard with a Mohs hardness of 8-8.5 and is usually colorless, but may be...

Approximate beads per strand: 110 What is it: Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. CZ is hard with a Mohs hardness of 8-8.5 and is usually colorless, but may be...

Approximate beads per strand: 80 What is it: Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. CZ is hard with a Mohs hardness of 8-8.5 and is usually colorless, but may be made...

Approximate beads per strand: 110 What is it: Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. CZ is hard with a Mohs hardness of 8-8.5 and is usually colorless, but may be made in...

Approximate beads per strand: 100 What is it: Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. CZ is hard with a Mohs hardness of 8-8.5 and is usually colorless, but may be made in...

Approximate beads per strand: 100 What is it: Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. CZ is hard with a Mohs hardness of 8-8.5 and is usually colorless, but may be made in...

Approximate beads per strand: 60 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: 160 What is it: Unlike American turquoise which is usually identified by the specific mine, Chinese turquoise has normally been referred to as Chinese turquoise, even...

Approximate beads per strand: 160 What is it: Unlike American turquoise which is usually identified by the specific mine, Chinese turquoise has normally been referred to as Chinese turquoise, even...

Approximate beads per strand: 95 What is it: Pure fluorite is transparent, both in visible and ultraviolet light, but it is the presence of impurities which make it a colorful mineral...

Approximate beads per strand: 95 What is it: Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO2) where the violet color is caused by irradiation or impurities of iron which result in...

Approximate beads per strand: 60 What is it: Selenite is a crystallized form of Gypsum with a Mohs hardness of 2. Most often translucen or white, it is named after Greek word...

Approximate beads per strand: 45 What is it: Selenite is a crystallized form of Gypsum with a Mohs hardness of 2. Most often translucen or white, it is named after Greek word...

Approximate beads per strand: 56 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 75 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially threatening...

Approximate beads per strand: 70 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially threatening...

Approximate beads per strand: 40 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 40 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 26 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 40 What is it: Pearls are produced within the soft tissue of select mollusks. They are formed as a defense mechanism against a potentially...

Approximate beads per strand: 300 What is it: Herkimer diamonds are not actually diamonds, but double-terminated quartz crystals discovered in and around Herkimer County, New York. They...

Approximate beads per strand: 32 What is it: Manmade Turquoise and Shell appearances may vary from bead to bead

Approximate beads per strand: 40 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...

Approximate beads per strand: 90 What is it: Moonstone is a variety of the feldspar family. During formation, minerals separate into alternating layers. When light shines between these thin...

Approximate beads per strand: 90 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...

Approximate beads per strand: 40 What is it: Hematite is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth's surface and in the shallow crust. It is an iron oxide with a chemical composition of Fe2O3...

Approximate beads per strand: 90 What is it: Lapis lazuli, or just lapis, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized for thousands of years for its intense...

Approximate beads per strand: 90 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 an ore...

Approximate beads per strand: 90 What is it: Prehnite occurs in the veins and cavities of volcanic rock. Prehnite is often cut and polished into cabochons, but highly transparent prehnite is quite...