Gemstone Chart |
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 每 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 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
| Natural Jadeite A rare, usually green mineral of the pyroxene group. Jadeite can also occur in white, auburn, buff, or violet varieties. The most highly valued form of jade consists of jadeite.Jade has a history in China of at least four thousands years.Experts believe that, although more expensive, diamonds and gold cannot be compared with jade - jade is animated with a soul. Color: Pure white thru pink, brown, red, orange, yellow, mauve, violet, blue, and black, to an extensive range of green and mottled green and white. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: NaAl(SiO3)2 Crystal Group: Monoclinic Refractive Index: 1.654 - 1.667 Hardness: 7 Density: 3.32 Occurrence: Northern Myanmar. Non commercial discoveries of Jadeite have also been reported in China; Russia (in the Polar Urals); Niigata, Japan; San Benito County, California, USA, and Guatemala.
| Natural Kornerupine Kornerupine is a rare mineral occasionally used as a gemstone. It appears frequently in parcels from Ceylon and may be confused with beryl, peridot, topaz, or quartz. Color: Brown, brownish red, yellow-green, light green, blue green Categories: semi-precious stone Crystal Group: Orthorhombic Refractive Index: 1.665 每 1.683 Hardness: 6.5 Density: 3.25 - 3.35 Occurrence: Ceylon, Tanzania
| Natural Kyanite Kyanite is a calming stone. It helps to quiet the mind, dissolving emotional, mental, or spiritual confusion, and letting go of anxiety. Color: Blue, Greenish Blue. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: AL2SIO5 Crystal Group: Triclinic Refractive Index: 1.716 每 1.731 Hardness: 4.5 每 7.0 Density: 3.56 每 3.68 Occurrence: Kenya, Nepal, India, Burma,U.S.A.
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