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Faceted flats that catch and release light as the strand moves. The most animated profile under directional lighting.
- Standard sizes
- 9×11 · 11×14 mm
- Aspect ratio
- 1.30 : 1
- Production note
- Each facet is polished individually. Slower to produce.
- Available in
- All nine amber varieties
- Minimum order
- 100 pieces per specification
Custom dimensions are routine. If the profile you need is not in the library we tool for it, proof it against a physical prototype, and archive it under your account so it is never produced for anyone else.
Amber weight, by diameter
Integrated from this profile’s own geometry at 1.08 g/cm³, beads only. Amber is traded by weight, so this is the figure that turns a specification into a price.
- 17G
- 8 mm · 33 beads
- 50G
- 8 mm · 99 beads
- 33G
- 10 mm · 33 beads
- 98G
- 10 mm · 99 beads
- 56G
- 12 mm · 33 beads
- 169G
- 12 mm · 99 beads
Two diameters, and the confusion they cause
A hexagon has two widths: across the flats and across the corners. On our profile those are about 0.90 and 1.04 times the nominal diameter, and a specification that says only "10 mm" is therefore ambiguous. Most disputes about hexagonal beads trace back to two parties measuring different things.
We state both figures on every quotation. If your assembler or your customer measures across the flats and expects the nominal, the piece will read as undersized through no fault of the production — and that is a conversation worth having before the order rather than after it.
Six facets and what they do
Faceting produces discrete reflections rather than a moving highlight: as the bead turns, each face catches in sequence, which gives a hexagonal strand a distinctly stepped sparkle. On darker grades that is the main reason to choose the profile, because it puts light on a material that otherwise absorbs it.
The facets also make the bead sit still. Like a barrel it stacks rather than rolls, and unlike a barrel it resists rotating on the cord, which keeps the faceting aligned down the strand.
Where the arrises wear
Six edges running the length of the bead means six places for handling to soften over time. In amber that softening is gradual and, to most eyes, attractive — a hexagon that has been used for a decade reads as worn in rather than damaged. It is still worth setting the expectation, because a buyer who was promised permanence will read it differently.
Keeping the facets aligned
A hexagon that rotates on the cord breaks the visual line down the strand, and the effect is obvious — a run where every third bead sits a few degrees off reads as careless even to someone who cannot say why. Bore diameter relative to cord thickness is what controls it, and it has to be specified rather than inherited from a round-bead standard.
We size the bore for the cord on faceted profiles specifically, and the hang test at the end of assembly checks alignment as well as fall. It takes seconds and it catches the one fault that a hexagonal strand cannot hide.
Questions about this profile
By sizing the bore for the cord specifically on faceted profiles rather than inheriting a round-bead standard, and by checking alignment during the hang test at the end of assembly.
State which. Ours are about 0.90 and 1.04 times nominal, and most disputes about hexagonal beads come from two parties measuring different things.
We state both — across the flats at about 0.90 of nominal and across the corners at about 1.04. A specification giving only one figure is ambiguous.
Faceting gives discrete, stepped reflections rather than a moving highlight, which puts light on darker grades that otherwise absorb it.
They soften gradually with handling. Most buyers read that as patina, but it is worth setting the expectation rather than promising permanence.
Quote a hexagon programme.
Send a diameter, a bead count and a quantity. We reply within one business day with a specification and an indicative price.