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Fresh Water Pearls and Shell Pearls

The items listed on the above listed pages are available for purchase and immediate shipment.  In addition to these items, many other items shown on other pages of our web site are also available for on-line purchase.  If you see something somewhere else on our site that you want to buy, please e-mail us for availability and price information.

To place an order, call us at (828) 884-5920 or email us at orders@abetterbead.com with the words Place an Order in the subject line of your message.  In the text of the message please include the following information:

  • stock number (Listed in blue under the item just before the price.)

  • a description of the item(s) you wish to purchase

  • quantity of item you want to purchase

  • shipping address

  • the method you wish to use for payment.

  • Please DO NOT include credit card numbers in your e-mail.

Payment may be made in the following ways:

  • VISA or Master Card (processed over the phone)

  • US Postal Money Order

  • personal check

Fresh Water Pearls

We have a wide selection of pearls from coin pearls in interesting shapes to tiny faceted pearls in a lovely shade of blue.  These beauties may be purchased by the strand or by the pearl.

Click on any of the pictures below to enlarge them.

Fresh Water Pearls

Fresh Water Pearls

 Fresh Water Pearls

Fresh Water Pearls

Pearls in Every
Conceivable Color

Fresh Water Pearls

Fresh Water Pearls

Fresh Water Pearls

Fresh Water Pearls

FResh Water Pearls

Detailed pictures of individual strands are below.  Detail shots do not show size accurately.  Please be sure to check size listed or compare with quarter in the picture.

*Some colors are difficult to photograph accurately.  In order to clarify descriptions, we have starred any item that doesn't look like the color it is.  In those cases, we have included a description of the color that is accurate.

Burgundy Potato

3.5 - 4mm

4113 - $14.50

Burgundy Button

4.5 - 5mm

193 - $6

Bronze Potato

 5 - 5.5mm

4840 - $17.50

Faceted Bronze Potato - 6 -6.5mm

6566 - $20

197-potato

multi colored

5 to 5.5mm - Sold

7168 keshi

dark green

Sold

196 potato

light green

7 to 7.5mm - $9.00

7154 rice

light green

Sold

7161 round

lime green*

4 to 5mm - $7.25

7155 rice

green iris

6 to 7mm - $10.75

6021 potato

olive green*

$13.75

7163 rice

silver green

7 to 7.5mm - $14.50

7169 round

mint-green

4 to 4.5mm - $7.25

7180 top drilled

green iris - Sold

7162 top drilled

aqua/green*

$16.50

7181 keshi

olive green

6mm - Sold

 

Green Iris Potato

7 - 7.5mm

4108 - $12.50

Lt. Peacock Potato

3.5 - 4mm

266 - $9

 

Lt. Yellow Potato

4.5 - 5mm

7153 - $11

Gold & White Potato

4 - 4.5mm

7167 - $8

Gold Button

5 - 5.5mm

7151 - $7

Champagne Rice

3 X 5mm

4004 - $6

Champagne Rice

4 - 6.5mm

4817 - $7.50

199 faceted

champagne

5-6mm - $12.75

Champagne Rice

6 - 6.5mm

200 - $9

200 rice

champagne

6-6.5mm - $9.00

203 button

champagne

5.5-6mm - $7.00

264 potato

burgundy

5-5.5mm - Sold

193 button

burgundy

5-5.5mm - $12.00

4845 potato

burgundy

7mm - $11.00

Coral Potato

4mm

4836 - $13.50

Lt Coral Potato

5.5 - 6mm

7156 - $20

4836 potato

coral

7mm - $9.50

7174 round

pumpkin

3.5mm - $15.00

206 button

peacock - $10.00

201 rice

peacock - $10.50

6019 potato

silver green

6mm - $5.75

4830 potato

lavender

8mm - $12.00

7167 potato

multi-colored

6mm - Sold

7165 rice

multi-colored

6mm - Sold

4815 potato

pink

8-9mm - $8.00

4819 potato

bright pink

8mm - $8.00

6022 potato

pale pink

7.5-8mm - $8.00

4825 round

multi-colored

6-7.5mm - $7.50

7179 potato

pink

6mm - $9.00

208 rice

pink

3-3.5mm - $3.50

190 rice

peach

6.5-7mm - $15.00

6568 button

peach

6.5-7mm - $20.00

209 potato

peach

5.5-6mm - $12.00

7173 button

multi-colored

6mm - Sold

272 rice

peach

5-5.5mm - $6.45

4824 rice

peach

3-3.5mm - $6.50

4823 potato

green ice

5mm - $7.00

White Rice

2 X 3mm

4838 - $16

White Rice

2.5 - 4mm

276 - $6

White Round

3.5 - 4mm

271 - $12.50

4818 round

white

6-7mm - Sold

269 fandan

top drilled white

6-7mm - $20.50

266 potato

white

3.5-4mm - Sold

Cream Button

3.5 - 4mm

4821 -$14.50

7153 round

cream

4-4.5mm - $11.00

4821 rice

cream

6mm - $8.00

263 round

silver

9mm - Sold

205 button

light peacock

7-7.5mm - $10.00

4817 rice

silver

6.5-7mm - $18.75

194 rice

silver

9X6mm - $9.00

262 rice

silver

5.5-6mm - $7.50

211 keshi

blue

$11.00

Periwinkle Rice

3 X 5mm

4826 - $8.50

Lt Blue Rice

3 X 5mm

7184 - $8.50

Black Button

5 - 6mm

7173 - $7.50

Faceted Lt. Blue Button - 5.5 - 6mm

270 - $11.50

4832 rice

peacock blue

6X10mm - $12.00

4816 round

multi-colored

3-3.5mm - $12.00

7170 potato

multi-colored

7-8mm - Sold

204 potato

gold/champagne

6-6.5mm - $10.00

115 top drilled

brown

5.5-6mm - $9.00

7185 button

multi-colored

5.5-6mm - $10.00

7156 potato

copper sold

4-6mm - $5.50

Coin Pearls in every conceivable shape as well as color.

The luster on many of these pearls acts like a mirror, making it difficult for the camera to accurately capture the color.  I have put a red asterisk by those pictures to indicate that the color description is more accurate than the picture.

Fresh Water Coin Pearls

Fresh Water Coin Pearls

Fresh Water Coin Pearls

Fresh Water Coin Pearls

Fresh Water Coin Pearls

Fresh Water Coin Pearls

Compare sizes and color differences.

Bronze Nuggets in two different sizes

Skinny sticks in two colors, peach and pink/violet*

Coin hearts in five different sizes
and colors
*

192 nugget

bronze

5mm - $21

191 nugget

bronze

12mm - $25.50

4840 skinny stick

pink/violet-top drilled

2.5cm - Sold

6570 skinny stick

peach - top drilled

2.5cm - $69.50


Close-up

4827 two hole, flat back

white

6.5mm - $29.50

4828 two hole, flat back

cream

6.5mm - $22.50

4110 heart

white*

12 X 10.5mm - $38

257 heart

white*

11 X 12mm - $37.50

282 heart

white*

13 X 18mm - $62.40

4113 heart

champagne*

12 X 10.5mm - Sold

4112 heart

pink*

12 X 10.5mm - Sold

195 top-drilled white

5mm - $27

195 Biwa top-drilled white* - tear drops

15 X 9mm - $60

273 round

white

8-8.5mm - $228

261 round

white

7-7.5mm - $61.88

3509 stick two hole white*

2cm X 6mm - $42

4834 diamond

white*

9 X 10mm - $45

4109 nugget

white

7.5mm - $43.50

267 round

white

6-6.5mm - $56

283 rectangle

white*

8-10mm - $49.20

259 square

white*

8-9mm - $62.50

207 diamond

white*

10 X 10mm - $45

277 stick

cream*

13 X 6mm - $12.75

7172 button

cream

8mm - $23.50

White Keshi

8 - 10mm

4839 - $25

275 diamond champagne

15 X 9mm - $33.75

detail

4826 coin champagne*

12.5mm - Sold

7186 round champagne

5mm - Sold

3508 round

light pink*

150mm X 8mm - $42

7171 square

pink

10 X 10mm - $45

4833 stick

two hole - peach*

2.5cm X 8mm/$5 ea

3238 square

light peach*

10 X 5mm - Sold

7157 potato

multi-colored

6-7mm - $27.50