Gemstone Chart |
Natural Eudialyte eudialyte is a rare, plummy-red stone. Eudialyte's name comes from the Greek words "eu" and "dialytos", meaning "easy to dissolve" which refers to the mineral's solubility in acids.The stone's distinctive grey, black or white patterning gives each piece of jewelry a unique beauty. Color: orange red Categories: semi-precious stone Crystal Group: Trigonal Refractive Index: 1.596 - 1.602 Hardness: 5 - 6 Density: 2.88 Occurrence: Sweden; Kippaw,Canada
| Natural Fire Agate Fire Agate is a variety of agate containing inclusions of goethite or limonite, it is a layered stone. The layers are small enough that light entering them forms interference colors known as "fire." Color: Orange, green, purple, Red, blue, peacock Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: SiO2 Crystal Group: Trigonal Refractive Index: 1.544 - 1.553 Hardness: 7 Density: 2.65 Occurrence: Central Mexico, Arizona USA
| Natural Fluorite Fluorite has a wide range of colors including yellow, blue, pink purple and green. It is an interesting and beautiful gemstone. Color: Colorless, yellow, brown, green, blue, violet, pink Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: CaF2 Crystal Group: Cubic Refractive Index: 1.43 Hardness: 4 Density: 3.18 Occurrence: Namibia, U.K., Switzerland, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia, Canada, Poland, Italy, Norway, Germany, U.S.A.
| Natural Freshwater Pearl Freshwater pearls are a kind of pearl that comes from freshwater mussels.Freshwater pearls come in many shapes from round to button shapes, from flat flakes to rice shapes and in many colors. As with the salt water Akoya pearl the round shapes are generally more expensive. Color: orange, pink, white, gray, light purple, rose, black, brown, gold, yellow, silvery, green, blue, bronze. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: CaCO3 Crystal Group: Not applicable Hardness: 3.5 - 4.0 Density: 2.66 ¨C 2.78+ Occurrence: China, Japan
| Natural Grossularite A member of the garnet group, grossularite is found in a variety of colors including, yellow, brown, white, colorless, green, violet-red, and orangey red. Color: Brown, yellow, green Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 Crystal Group: Cubic Refractive Index: 1.72-1.748 Hardness: 7.25 Density: 3.65 Occurrence: Canada, East Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, Ceylon, South Africa, U.S.A.
| Natural Hemimorphite Hemimorphite is a usually white or colorless mineral, essentially Zn4Si2O7(OH)2¡¤H2O, an important ore of zinc. Also called calamine. Color: Light blue, dark blue, green ,white. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: (Zn4Si2O7(OH)2.H2O) Crystal Group: Orthorhombic Refractive Index: 1.612-1.633 Hardness: 5 Density: 3.44 Occurrence: Franklin and Sterling Hill New Jersey, New Mexico, Montana, Arizona, U.S.A; Congo; Nerchinak in Transbaikalia, Siberia; Zambia; Santa Eulalia and Mapimi, Mexico; England; Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China.
| Natural Hessonite Hessonite is one of the gem varieties of the garnet mineral, grossular. Hessonite is usually cinnamon brown and has been called "cinnamon stone". Hessonite can also be orange; this color is becoming common on the gem markets. Color: Brownish-orange, brownish yellow, aurora red Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: Ca3Al2(SIO4)3 Crystal Group: Cubic Refractive Index: 1.72-1.74 Hardness: 7.25 Density: 3.65 Occurrence: Sri Lanka, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Madagascar
| Natural Idocrase Primarily a green color that will resemble jade.idocrase is one stone that is sometimes mistaken for jade by jewelers and consumers alike. Idocrase is from the greek and means mixed form, an allusion to its crystals showing a mixture of other mineral forms. Color: normally green, but also can be brown, yellow, blue and/or purple. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: nesosilicate or sorosilicate Crystal Group: Tetragonal Refractive Index: 1.71 - 1.73 Hardness: 6.5 Density: 3.3 - 3.5 Occurrence: Quebec, Canada; California and the New England region of USA; Mt Vesuvius, Italy; Ural Mountains, Russia, Switzerland, East Africa
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