20 Bead, Jewelry, Gem, Fossil, & Meteorite Stores Open Year Round in Tucson
Tucson has hosted the largest gem, fossil, jewelry, and mineral show in the world – a show comprised of 50+ different shows and thousands of vendors – for 80 years, so it should be no surprise that there are a number of stores open to the public year round that offer Native American arts, gem, jewelry, fossil, and mineral-related items.
You may find everything in Tucson from finished artisanal jewelry, wholesale items, artifacts for the collector, jeweler and beading supplies, fine Native American jewelry, to metaphysical supplies.
Beads
1. BEADHoliday
355 E Fort Lowell Road, Tucson AZ, 85705
BEADHoliday is a retail store with a huge selection of beads, classes for the public, and wholesale items for faceters. Visit their website for the latest hours of operation.
2. Faceters Paradise
355 E Fort Lowell Road, Tucson AZ, 85705
Also located at BEADHoliday, Faceters Paradise is a lapidary supply store and classes in Faceting are available!
3. Beads of Courage
Volunteer Center, 5905 E. Pima Street, Tucson, AZ 85712
Beads of Courage is a nonprofit that provides Arts-in-Medicine programs for children coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them. Beads of Courage has a huge selection of beads and fittings for beading. Check for current public hours.
4. Elegant Beads and Artisan Gallery
5735 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85712
Elegant Beads and Artisan Gallery has a large retail store that offers classes for the public and is packed with a huge selection of pearls, ethnic and Tibetan beads, fittings, and more.
5. Shantu World Beads
Tucson, AZ 85716
Shantu World Beads offers jewelry repair, custom work, beading supplies, classes, locating specific supplies or jewelry, and assistance in creating your projects. Call for an appointment.
Jewelry/Native American Indian Arts
6. Krikawa Custom Jeweler
21 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ 85701
Krikawa Custom Jeweler is a nationally-acclaimed and leading retailer in custom design and creation for wedding and engagement rings, custom earrings, custom pendants, and men’s jewelry. You imagine it, Krikawa’s artisans make it into a reality.
7. Mast
100 South Avenida del Convento Suite 120, Tucson, AZ 85745
Mast is owned by two jewelers and a leather artisan, who define cool desert fashion. Mast is featured in fashion magazines and shopped by those who appreciate bespoke style and artisanal flair.
8. Art House Centro in the Old Town Artisans Block
186 N Meyer Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701
Art House Centro in the Old Town Artisans Block is a maze of 11 rooms of art in a historic building close to the Presidio in Downtown Tucson.
9. Bahti Indian Arts
350 S. Convent Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701
Bahti Indian Arts have offered fine Indian art, including textiles and jewelry, for more than 70 years.
10. Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery
6872 E Sunrise Dr #130, Tucson, AZ 85750
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery offers the largest selection of museum-quality Native American, early Western, and contemporary Western Art in the United States, as well as a large selection of fine Indian textiles and jewelry.
11. Morning Star Traders
2029 E. 14th Street Tucson, AZ
Morning Star Traders is locally owned for more than 50 years, offering an exceptional and extensive selection of old and new Native American Indian jewelry, pottery, baskets, fetishes, Navajo textiles, and much more from the Southwest. Morning Star Traders also has one of the finest selections of antique furniture, including pieces from Spain, South America, and New Mexico.
12. Mac's Indian Jewelry
2400 E Grant Road Tucson, AZ 85719
Mac’s Indian Jewelry is an authentic Native American Indian jewelry store with handmade Native American jewelry from all over the Southwest, including necklaces, earrings, pins, bracelets, rings, buckles, and bolo ties, for 40 years.
Gems & Minerals
Fossils & Artifacts
Meteorites
15. Aerolite Meteorites
Tucson, AZ
Aerolite Meteorites, Inc. doesn’t have a retail store, but we wanted to call it out because it’s a distinguished international meteorite company providing a wide selection of authentic meteorites, meteorite rings, jewelry, and merchandise for sale online. You may visit Aerolite Meteorites in person at the annual Gem Show.
Metaphysical Stores
16. Spirit’s Child Metaphysical Center
3870 W River Road #120, Tucson, AZ 85741
Spirit’s Child Metaphysical Center is a New Age store offering a large selection of spiritual supplies, crystals, handmade jewelry, smudging supplies, aromatherapy, unique gifts, and much more.
17. Silver Sea Jewelry & Gifts
330 N 4th Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705
Silver Sea Jewelry & Gifts offers a large selection of jewelry made onsite, jewelry by local artisans, and gifts.
Organizations/Museums
18. Tucson Gem & Mineral Society
Founded in 1946, Tucson Gem & Mineral Society began as a small group interested in the hobby of mineral collecting and lapidary. The Society's mission is to encourage interest and study in geology, mineralogy, lapidary, and allied earth sciences. Join as a member and participate in special events and meetings.
19. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N Kinney Rd, Tucson, AZ 85743
Founded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is widely recognized throughout the world as a model institution for innovative presentation and interpretation of native plants and animals featured together in ecological exhibits. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum also has an incredible Earth Sciences Center and one of the finest regional mineral collections in the world.
20. Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum
115 N Church Ave, Suite 121, Tucson, 85701
We are extremely lucky to have this gem in downtown Tucson! The Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum is in one wing of the Historic Pima County Courthouse (115 N Church Ave).
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