Gemstone Chart |
Natural Benitoite Benitoite is considered to be a semi-precious gemstone. Very limited in nature and available from only one spot on earth (San Benito County, California), Benitoite is among the 10 rarest gemstones on earth Color: Blue, white, colorless Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: BaTiSi3O6 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.757 ¨C 1.804 Hardness: 6.5 Density: 3.65 ¨C 3.68 Occurrence: San Benito County, California
| Natural Beryl Beryl is a semi-precious clear gemstone which usually comes in greens, yellows, and occasionally pinks, ands various shades thereof. Color: Green, blue, pink, yellow, red Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: Be3Al2(SiO3)6 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.577(+-.016), 1.583 (+-.017) Hardness: 7.5 Density: 2.67-2.745 Occurrence: Austria, Columbia, Brazil, Russia, East Africa, Australia, Madagascar, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Zambia, Nigeria, U.S.A., Afghanistan
| Natural Bi Color Tourmaline Bi color tourmaline is the name given to tourmaline which displays more than one color in the same cystal.It is classified as a semi-precious stone. Color: Green, red, yellow, orange. Brown, green, pink Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: (NaCa)(LI,MgFe,Al)9B3Si6(O,OH)31 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.624(+.005, -.005) - 1.644(+.006, -.006) Hardness: 7-7.5 Density: 3.06 (.05, +.15) Occurrence: East Africa, Brazil, USA, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Madagascar
| Natural Bixbite Bixbite is a specific kind of emerald stone known as beryl which is also known as red beryl, red emerald or scarlet emerald. Color: Pink, Red Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: Be3Al2(SiO3)6 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.577(+-.016), 1.583 (+-.017) Hardness: 7.5 Density: 2.67-2.745 Occurrence: Utah, U.S.A.
| Natural Chrysoprase Chrysoprase is a gemstone variety of chalcedony or cryptocrystalline quartz, colored by trace amounts of nickel. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: SIO2 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.544 - 1.553 Hardness: 7 Density: 2.65 - 2.66 Occurrence: Australia, Tanzania
| Natural Color Change Sapphire A rare variety of sapphire, known as color changing sapphire, exhibits different colors in different light. A color change sapphire is blue in natural light, and violet in artificial light. A similar effect is also seen in alexandrite. Color: Color changing blue to purple, greenish brown to red Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: AL22O3 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.759-1.778 Hardness: 9 Density: 4 Occurrence: Ceylon, East Africa
| Natural Emerald Emerald, the green variety of the mineral beryl, is the most famous and favored green gemstone.The majority of the worlds gem quality Emeralds come from the Muzo area of Colombia. Color: Blue, Green Blue Categories: precious stone Chemical Composition: Be3Al2(SiO3)6 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.577(+-.016), 1.583 (+-.017) Hardness: 7.5-8 Density: 2.72 (-.05, +.12) Occurrence: Brazil, Pakistan,Russia, East Africa, India, Madagascar, Columbia
| Natural Musgravite Musgravite is an extremely rare member of the taaffeite family that was discovered in 1967 in the Musgrave Range of South Australia. It is also one of rare gemstones that have been sought these years for the collection at GAAJ laboratory. Color: pale olive green, grey, mauve, grey purple Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: (Fe2+,Zn,Mg)2Al6BeO12 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.717 - 1.739 Density: 3.68 Occurrence: The Musgrave Mountain Ranges in Central Australia
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