Tailored Jewelry

Jewelry constructed entirely of metal and without stones.

Tanzanite

Tanzanite is a valuable, transparent, blue-violet type of zoisite resembling sapphire.

Terminator

Bond to one end of a flat bulk chain to create a jumpring attachment.

Tassel

A tassel is a decorative element, a ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end.

Tavorite (Tsavorite)

Tavorite is a green to greenish-yellow to yellow grossular garnet.

Tension Bead (Stopper Beed)

A tension bead is used to keep beads from falling off the thread and to help maintain the tension in a piece of beadwork.

Thread

A kind of thin yarn, thin fibers spun together, for textiles and sewing.

Three-cuts Bead

Two-cuts bead faceted by grinding.
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Tigereye

Tigereye is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky luster. A blue variant of tigereye is called hawk's eye. Honey-colored stones have been used to imitate the much higher valued cat's eye chrysoberyl, but the overall effect is unconvincing.
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Trinket

Trinket is an object (purchased or traded) or an ornament of little value or worth.

Topaz

Topaz is a transparent mineral, widely used as gemstone. Typical topaz is wine or straw-yellow, but may also be white, gray, green, blue, pink or reddish-yellow, and transparent or translucent.

Torsade

A popular choker-type, multi-strand necklace in which the strands twist around each other.

Torque (Torc)

A torque is a necklace that consists of a narrow, twisted band made of metal.

Translucent

Somewhat clear (not as clear as transparent) - light can pass through.

Transparent

Light passes through a transparent bead much like it would through a stained glass window. Transparent beads transmit light and you can see into or through them, even when they are colored.

Tourmaline

Tourmaline is a fascinating mineral that can actually exhibit two or more colors in one crystal. It possesses one of the widest color ranges, reproducing every conceivable color in the universe.
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Tsavorite

Tsavorite is a rare, deep green variety of grossular garnet, a type of garnet.

Tumbled

Tumbled stones were finished in a tumbler, a mechanical device that smooths and rounds the surfaces of stones. Tumbled stones look very much like stones that have been in a fast-flowing river or stream for a long time.

Turquoise

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green, sometimes even yellowish mineral.
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Two-cuts (Hex Cuts) Bead

Short segments cut from macca bead.
See also MACCA BEAD...