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Freshwater Button Pearl Beads
Button shaped pearl beads are very uniform and are drilled through the short center of the pearl. The sides of the pearl tend to be flatter than those of a potato pearl. They are even sometimes referred to as "side-drilled" pearls.
 
 
Tiny Button, Bronze, 2.3-2.6mm, 1 Strand
Tiny Bronze Buttons, 2.3-2.6mm
Item #: BT-25BZ-01
Availability:
These great looking tiny Bronze Button pearls are just the thing to coordinate with today's brown fashions! Highlight colors include gold, olivine and rose. Pearl diameters (undrilled dimension) range 2.3-2.7mm, you'll typically find about 240 pearls on these strands. Temporarily strung on two threads that measure 0.13mm each.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$11.40
10 – 49$9.69
50 +$7.98
Quantity:  
 
Tiny Button, Baby Pink, 2.3-2.7mm, 1 Strand
Tiny Baby Pink Buttons, 2.3-2.7mm
Item #: BT-25PK-01
Availability:
We've been asking our suppliers for ages for tiny pearls in dyed colors. We just recently have been getting a few choices, such as these lovely Baby Pink buttons. Pearl diameters (undrilled dimension) range 2.3-2.7mm, and you find about 220-240 pearls per strand. Temporarily strung on two threads that measure 0.11mm each.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$8.60
10 – 49$7.31
50 +$6.02
Quantity:  
 
Tiny Button, Copper, 2.3-2.6mm, 1 Strand
Tiny Copper Buttons, 2.3-2.6mm
Item #: BT-25CP-01
Availability:
Beautiful coppery tones are the centerpiece of these colorful tiny button pearls. Highlight colors in rose and olivine. Pearl diameters (undrilled dimension) range 2.3-2.7mm, you'll typically find about 230 pearls on these strands. Some pearls have tiny holes where a drilled hole was attempted (hard to see, but visible using a loupe). Temporarily strung on two threads that measure 0.13mm each.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$9.80
10 – 49$8.33
50 +$6.86
Quantity:  
 
Tiny Button, Natural color, Pink/Rose, 2.6-3.1mm, 1 Strand
Natural Tiny Buttons, 2.6-3.1mm
Item #: BT-30NT-02
Availability:
These naturally colored pearls have been selected in rose/peach color tones. Very good to excellent luster in diameters of 2.6mm to 3.1mm. Drilled dimension averages 1.8mm. Temporarily strung on two threads that measure 0.13mm each.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$7.20
10 – 49$6.12
50 +$5.04
Quantity:  
 
Tiny Button, Pink, 3.2mm, 1 Strand
Tiny Pink Buttons, 3.2mm
Item #: BT-30PK-01
Availability:
Very good luster enhances these tiny button pearls have have been dyed a medium pink color. You will occasionally find a pearl that has picked up a little more color than the rest. Pearl diameters (undrilled dimension) tend to be 3.2mm but there are a few as large as 3.6mm. About 200 pearls per strand; temporarily strung on two threads that measure 0.13mm each.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$7.80
10 – 49$6.63
50 +$5.46
Quantity:  
 
Button, Gold, 4.5mm, 1 Strand
Gold Buttons, 4.5mm
Item #: BT-45GD-02
Availability:
Very uniform pearl shapes, medium gold color, and very good luster. Most pearls are equally rounded on both flatter sides (very few pearls have a flattened side), 4.5mm diameter, about 3.5mm on the drilled dimension.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$8.55
10 – 49$7.27
50 +$5.99
Quantity:  
 
Button, Champagne Gold, 5.5mm, 1 Strand
Champagne Gold Buttons, 5.5mm
Item #: BT-55GD-01
Availability:
Very uniform pearl shapes, champagne gold color (lighter in tone than picture shows), and very good luster - highlights of rose and yellow, 5.5mm diameter, about 3.8-4mm on the drilled dimension.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$12.00
10 – 49$10.20
50 +$8.40
Quantity:  
 
Button, Green/Peridot, 6.4-6.7mm, 1 Strand
Green/Peridot Buttons, 6.4-6.7mm
Item #: BT-65GR-01
Availability:
These button pearls are a bright Peridot Green - a color tone that always seems to be very popular! They have very good luster, highlights of gold and pink and are very uniformly shaped on each strand, 6.4-6.7mm diameter, about 3.8-4.3mm on the drilled dimension.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$10.70
10 – 49$9.10
50 +$7.49
Quantity:  
 
Tiny Button, Silver/Grey, 2.3-2.5mm, 1 Strand
Tiny Silver Grey Buttons, 2.3-2.6mm
Item #: BT-25SV-01
Availability:
Here is an unusual and elegant choice in tiny button pearls! Silvery grey with a hint of khaki - very different. Pearl diameters (the un-drilled dimension) range 2.3-2.5mm, you'll typically find about 240 pearls on these strands. Temporarily strung on two threads that measure 0.1mm each.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$11.40
10 – 49$9.69
50 +$7.98
Quantity:  
 
Button, Green/Peacock, 6mm, 1 Strand
Olive Green Peacock Button Pearls, 6mm
Item #: BT-60GR-01
Availability:
These peacock button pearls have all the color highlights you would expect in a Peacock Pearl, with an elegant olive green base color. Very uniform sizing at 6mm in diameter with very good luster.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$8.85
10 – 49$7.52
50 +$6.20
Quantity:  
 
Button, White, irregular, 4.5-5.5mm, 1 Strand
White Button Pearls, 5mm Irregular
Item #: BT-50WH-03
Availability:
new product Interesting creamy white button pearls have very good luster to almost sparkling luster. The pearl shapes and surface texture are rather irregular, as shown. Diameters range from about 4.5 to 5.5mm.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$4.00
10 – 49$3.40
50 +$2.80
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3.5mm Button Pearls, White, 1 Strand
Small White Buttons, 3.5mm
Item #: BT-35WH-03
Availability:
New Stock One of our most popular styles, these small creamy white button pearls have very good luster. Shapes are fairly uniform in this batch and not many pearls have flat sides. You'll find between 170 to 180 pearls on each strand! Diameters of about 3.3mm to 3.7mm. Temporarily strung on two threads that measure 0.10mm each.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$5.40
10 – 49$4.59
50 +$3.78
Quantity:  
 
Button, White, 11.3-11.8mm, 1 Strand
Huge White Button Pearls
Item #: BT-115WH-01
Availability:
These button pearls are about a large as we ever see available; most have diameters in the 11.3mm to 11.8mm range. Widths (drilled dimension) range from 7-9mm with many having one somewhat flattened side, as shown. Due to the very large size of these pearls, you will also find a few pearls with small dimples or slight banding.
Quantity
Price
1 – 9$33.50
10 – 49$28.48
50 +$23.45
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How Many Button Pearls on a Strand?

The numbers in this table are approximate and will vary between strands.

Pearl size
(average) 		How many Pearls
on a Strand
5mm80
3mm133
3.5mm114
4mm100
4.5mm89
5mm80
5.5mm73

Pearl buying tips:

Freshwater pearls are temporarily strung and sold by the strand. Strands are usually 15.5-16" long (40 cm).

Pearls are a natural product and some styles and colors will be available only in limited amounts. Though we try to buy pearls that can be re-stocked, some styles may not be available again. So, we suggest you purchase all the strands that you need for a particular project at the same time.

Our pearls are priced based on their overall quality. Higher priced pearls will be more consistent in color and shape and have better luster. Small pearls also will be higher in price (more labor to prepare the strands) as will very large pearls (more rare and they take longer to culture).

The freshwater pearls we sell at abeadstore.com and PearlBeadSale.com are all cultured pearls; for more information about the pearl culturing process please see the All About Pearls page on our wholesale website PearlBeadSale.com. For more tips and information about selecting and buying Freshwater Pearls, please visit Pearl Buying Tips. .