Gemstone Chart |
Natural Agate Agate is a beautiful natural chalcedony stone, classified as a semi precious gem and has been used by people as early as the ancient Egyptians in and before 3000 BC! Agate is hard and tough enough to be incorporated into jewelry and other ornamental items. Color: Blue, green, yellow,orange, brown, gray Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: SiO2 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.530 - 1.539 Hardness: 6.5 - 7 Density: 2.57 - 2.64 Occurrence: Scotland, U.S.A., India, England, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Germany, Egypt, Indonesia, and many other localities.
| Natural Apatite Apatite displays strong fluorescence under short wave ultra-violet light. There is a particularly intense and deeply saturated, geenish-blue (aka swiss blue) variety from Madagascar known as "Neon Apatite" that is becoming quite popular in the gem trade. Color: yellow, green, below, violet Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: Phosphate group Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.63-1.64 Hardness: 5 Density: 3.17-3.23 Occurrence: Burma, Ceylon, Madagascar, Mexico, Canada, India
| Natural Aquamarine Aquamarine is a semi-precious gemstone frequently incorporated into some of the most modern, beautiful handmade jewelry in the world. It is most often found in shades of clear ocean blue, and is widely recognized as the March Birthstone and the gemstone for the 18th anniversary. Color: Blue, Green-blue 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: Brazil, China, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Russia, and U.S.A.
| 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 Chalcedony Chalcedony is a catch all term that includes many well known varieties of cryptocrystalline quartz gemstones. They are found in all 50 States, in many colors and color combinations, and in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Color: grayish, purple, white, green, blue, lavender, yellow, brown Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: SiO2 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.530 - 1.539 Hardness: 6.5 Density: 2.57 ¨C 2.64 Occurrence: Brazil, U.S.A. Germany, India, Uruguay, Austarlia, Egypt, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, Mexico, Tanzania, and many other localities throughout the world.
| Natural Chrysocolla Quartz Chrysocolla quartz is chalcedony mixed with varying amounts of chrysocolla. The chrysocolla provides the robin's egg blue coloration, and the quartz provides sufficient hardness for use in jewelry. Color: green, blue, white Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: SiO2 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.544 - 1.553 Hardness: 7 Density: 2.66 Occurrence: Arizona, Mexico
| 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
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