CLEARANCE Olive Barrel Turquoise Beads – Stabilized Genuine Turquoise Gemstone Beads - Bring vibrant natural color and timeless style to your jewelry designs with these Olive Barrel Turquoise Beads. Crafted from stabilized genuine turquoise, these beautiful gemstone beads feature a distinctive olive barrel shape that adds dimension and elegance to necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rosaries, keychains, and other handmade jewelry creations. Their rich turquoise hues and natural matrix make every bead unique, creating one-of-a-kind artisan designs.
Each bead measures approximately 12mm x 10mm x 10mm (1/2" x 3/8") and features an approximately 1mm hole drilled from top to bottom for easy stringing on beading wire, elastic cord, leather cord, waxed cord, and other jewelry-making materials. Each half-strand bag contains approximately 17–18 loose beads. As these are natural gemstones, slight variations in size, color, matrix, and bead count are expected, adding to the individuality and beauty of each piece. This is a clearance item, so quantities are limited while supplies last.
Product Details:
Material: Genuine Turquoise
Treatment: Stabilized
Color: Turquoise
Shape: Olive Barrel
Size: Approx. 12mm x 10mm x 10mm (1/2" x 3/8")
Hole Size: Approx. 1mm
Hole Direction: Drilled from top to bottom
Quantity: Approx. 17–18 loose beads
Sold By: Half-Strand Bag
These stabilized genuine turquoise olive barrel beads are an excellent choice for jewelry makers, designers, and crafters seeking premium gemstone beads with lasting beauty. Their versatile size and distinctive shape make them ideal as spacer beads, accent beads, or focal elements in Southwestern, boho, rustic, western, and contemporary jewelry designs. Whether you're creating handcrafted gifts or adding to your gemstone bead collection, these clearance turquoise beads offer exceptional value while limited inventory lasts.
Some More Info About the Gemstone : Turquoise Beads - One of the main compounds of Turquoise gemstone beads is copper. This is what gives it the blue, green, blueish-green colors. Genuine, naturally occurring Turquoise is quite expensive and getting rarer every day as known mines are mined out and closed. In fact, only about 15-percent of the once prolific Turquoise mines are still in operation the American Southwest. Most in our area (Arizona) are only pulling out very light colored turquoise -- nearly all are now stabilized.
Sacred to both Native American and Oriental traditions, Turquoise helps to connect with spirit and brings the energy of the sky down to earth. In the world of crystal healing, Turquoise is used as stone of communication. New Age healers recommend it for people who have a fear of public speaking. It is said to impart the ability to make a speaker more eloquent, loving, creative and honest... improves the mental state overall by increasing all of the following positive mental characteristics: serenity, creativity, empathy, positive thinking, sensitivity, intuition, happiness & wisdom -- all of which result in a calmer state that leads to greater self-realization. Turquoise is also considered a stone of friendship.
