Gem descriptions

 

Type Name
DIAMOND  Diamond
CORUNDUM Ruby
Sapphire
Pink sapphire
Violet sapphire
Yellow sapphire
Green sapphire
Colorless sapphire
Star rubies and sapphires. Different-colored asteriae
 
CHRYSOBERYL Alexandrite
Chrysoberyl
Cat's-eye or Cymophane
 
SPINEL Red spinel
Blue spinel
TOPAZ Topaz
Pink topaz
Blue topaz
Colorless topaz
BERYL Emerald
Aquamarine
Morganite
Golden Beryl
Heliodor
Red beryl or bixbite
PYROPE-ALMANDINE GARNET Pyrope
Rhodolite
Almandine
 
SPESSARTITE GARNET  Spessartine
GROSSULAR GARNET Hessonite
Green Grossular
ANDRADITE Demantoid
ZIRCON Colorless zircon
Blue zircon (also know as starlite)
Red zircon
Yellow zircon
Brown zircon
Green zircon
ANDALUSITE Andalusite
TOURMALINE Rubellite
Indicolite
Green tourmaline
CORDIERITE Cordierite (or water sapphire)
   
QUARTZ Amethyst
Citrine quartz
Rose quartz
Colorless quartz or rock crystal
Cat's-eye quartz
Tiger's-eye quartz
hawk's-eye quartz
bull's-eye quartz
Chalcedonay
Aventurine
JADEITE Jadeite jade
SPODUMENE Kunzite
Hiddenite
OLIVINE Peridot, olivine, or chrysolite
HEMATITE Hematite
PYRITE Pyrite
OPAL White precious opal
Black precious opal
Common and fire opal
MICROCLINE Amazonite
ORTHOCLASE Noble orthoclase
Adularia moonstone
PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS Albite moonstone
Labradorite
ZOISITE Tanzanite (blue zoisite)
Massive ggreen zoisite
NEPHRITE Nephrite jade
PHODONITE Rhodonite
DIOPSIDE Diopside
Star diopside
TURQUOISE Turquoise
LAZURITE Lapis lazuli
SERPENTINE GROUP Serpentine
MALACHITE Malachite
PHODOCHROSITE Rhodochrosite