Welcome to Semi
Precious Beads! In the popular crafts of beading and jewelry
making, one of the most beautiful gemstone bead materials
is semi precious beads. These Gemstone
Beads can be found in any size or shape: from chips to
oval beads or other natural gemstone shaped beads.
Semi precious beads vary in colors and there is an
array of beautiful and unique colors available in them. They
come in all color tones to suit your needs and likeness.
Semi Precious Bead - Agate
Agate is the most varied of all the semi precious gemstone
beads. It comes in many different color varieties and
patterns. Black agate has colors from black to brown and golden.
Blue lace agate is mostly white with delicate blue striations.
Old crazy lace agate has stripes and swirls in neutral colors.
There is also golden, green, fossil, red, and white agate.
Semi Precious Bead - Amethyst
Amethyst is a purple stone that can be either opaque or translucent.
Its name stems from a Greek myth about Bacchus pouring his
purple wine over a woman who had been turned into a white
gemstone. Amethyst ranges in tone from very pale lavender
to dark purple.
Semi Precious Bead - Aventurine
Aventurine is an opaque semi precious gemstone with
tiny flecks of sparkly mica within it. It comes in many colors
such as blue, dark or emerald green, peach, or red.
Semi Precious Bead - Carnelian
This semi precious gemstone comes from South America
and is a variety or transparent chalcedony. It varies in tone
from bright golden to deep, fiery red.
Semi Precious Bead - Fluorite
The name of the stone fluorite comes from the Latin word for
"to flow." It comes in varying colors from pale lavender to
rainbow fluorite, which covers white, green, and purple with
the occasional yellow splash. It is translucent.
Semi Precious Bead - Garnet
Garnet is most usually thought of as a dark red stone that
is either semi-transparent to opaque. The garnet family also
includes hessonite, which ranges in tone from light brown
to golden and orange. There is also Tsavorite, which is green.
Semi Precious Bead – Howlite
In its natural state, howlite is opaque white with grey marbling.
Howlite is frequently dyed to look like other semi-precious
gemstones like Lapis Lazuli, Turquoise, and red coral.
Semi Precious Bead - Jasper
This semi precious gemstone comes in many different
colors and styles. Jasper is often mottled or striated in
appearance. It ranges in tone from soft peaches, dark red
and olive, black and white Dalmatian spotted, neutral tones
leopard skin style, white, and silver-grey.
Semi-Precious Bead – Kyanite
A beautiful blue color hue comes out from these beads. Sometime,
the color hue also comes out in bluish green color shade.
These beads come under rare beads category and are brittle
in nature. For making various kind of jewelry, like earrings,
pendants, brooches etc., these gemstone beads are used.
Semi-Precious Bead – Labradorite
Labradorite Stone Beads have unique colors and these unique
colors distinguish these beads from rest of the bead world.
The most attractive color of these beads that draw the attention
of bead lovers is grayish smoky black color. In dim light,
the colors of the beads, which appear gray or dark green turn
into golden color or sea-blue or green when these will be
viewed in bright light. These bead crystals vary from transparent
to translucent form. "Black Moonstone" is a type of Labradorite
gemstone bead, which has dark color and has a bluish inclusion.
Choosing which semi precious beads type to
use in your next craft or jewelry making project can be fun.
There are so many styles and colors of gemstone beads to choose
from. Not only are the gemstones different from each
other, but the natural variations within one type can also
be vast. Semi precious gemstone beads make great materials
for your beading projects.
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