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Bead Buyer's Guide

Bead Buyer's Guide


Want to add antique trade beads to your collection? Want to design a one of a kind necklace using basic beads. Need that unique focal bead for your design project? Get the highest quality beads that money can buy you.



At C&J African Store you can choose from hundreds of various beads for all of your beading projects or collectors needs. We know how valuable your time is. That is why we have written this guide. This information comes from our experience using the products that we sell.


Natural Beads
Natural Beads








These are all natural beads in the form that mother nature made them. In this section of our site you will find beads made from stone, clay and bone. These beads are great for creating rustic, Organic, Earthy Jewelry.


We have many requests for the shell and clay beads which we import from Africa.
 


 


 
Faceted Beads
Faceted Beads




These are our selection of faceted beads. The definition of faceted is as follows: One of the flat polished surfaces cut on a gemstone or occurring naturally on a crystal. If you want to add dazzling effects to your projects this is the type of beads that you will want to use. These type of beads come in the following finishes: Transparent, fire polished, and copper lined. 


Shapes: Faceted beads come in various designs such as round, tear drop, pear, oval, flat and rondell.


Uses: These are very much used in Necklace, Pendants, Chains and Anklets.
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Bicone Beads
Bicone Beads




Need bicone beads for your projects? You're in the right place.


The definition of bicone is an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.


                                         

Oval Beads
Oval Beads




Our selection of oval beads have a nice consistency and quality. Great for any jewelry project.


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Bead Buyers Guide: These are our selection of faceted beads. The definition of faceted is as follows: One of the flat polished surfaces cut on a gemstone or occurring naturally on a crystal. If you want to add dazzling effects to your projects this is the type of beads that you will want to use. These type of beads come in the following finishes: Transparent, fire polished, and copper lined.

Shapes: Faceted beads come in various designs such as round, tear drop, pear, oval, flat and rondell.

Uses: These are very much used in Necklace, Pendants, Chains and Anklets.

Swarovski Crystal beads: Add some sparkle to your jewelry designs with our selections of Rhinestone Filigree Balls, Rhinestone cubes that come in gold and silver. We also carry sapphire silver plated half moon beads and bicone Emerald crystal beads.

Preciosa crystal beads: We have these beads in bicone shapes and many different colors. They are ideal for jewelry design.

European Press beads: These beads are made with Zebra designs composed of Bohemian glass, Marble glass, green jade glass, red glass. These beads come in many different shapes and colors.

Czech firepolished beads: These beads have been used by many of our clients in high end jewelry designs. These beads feature a firepolished finish.

European Disk beads: Check out our selection of disk shapped beads. They are great when used for spacers in beading projects. We carry translucent and solid colors.