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Natural Iolite Iolite is a popular and interesting gemstone, and is the gem variety of the mineral cordierite.It has also been called water sapphire because it looks very much like a blue sapphire. Color: violet, blue, dark blue, Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: MG2AL4SI5O18 Crystal Group: Orthorhombic Refractive Index: 1.53 - 1.55 Hardness: 7 - 7.5 Density: 2.57 - 2.66 Occurrence: Sri Lanka; Burma; India; Tsivory,Madagascar; Canada; Namibia; Tanzania; Norway; U.S.A.; Brazil
| 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.
| Natural Moonstone The most common moonstone is of the mineral adularia.It is an opaque stone, a simi-clear white, kind of the color of watered down milk.Moonstone Jewellery uses the gemstone moonstone as its main stone. Color: white, blueish white. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: KalSI3O8 Crystal Group: Monoclinic Refractive Index: 1.518 每 1.526 Hardness: 6 每 6.50 Density: 2.55 每 2.57 Occurrence: Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar, Burma, Tanzania, U.S.A.
| Natural Oligoclase Oligoclase is a rock-forming mineral belonging to the plagioclase feldspars. Oligoclase is famous for its two gem varieties: Sunstone and Moonstone. Color: green, orange, red, colorless Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: [Na,Ca]AlSi3O8 Crystal Group: Triclinic Refractive Index: 1.53 - 1.54 Hardness: 6 - 6.5 Density: 2.62 - 2.65 Occurrence: Tvedestrand and Hitero on the south coast of Norway; near Lake Baikal Russia; Ontario, Canada; Tanzania; Kangayam, southern India; France; and in Maine, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Oregon in the USA.
| Natural Rhodochrosite Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO3. The pink color of rhodochrosite is caused by the element manganese and it is formed when manganese is dissolved by ground water and combines with a carbonate material and then drips off the ceiling of caves and crevices deep underground.Rhodochrosite often forms pink and white bands. It is often carved into figurines or boxes while the tubular stalactite formations are often sliced for use in jewelry. Fine gem quality crystals are sometimes cut into gemstones for use in high end jewelry, but the more common grade is used extensively in silver and gold jewelry. Color: Rose red, raspberry red, pink, grey, fawn, brown Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: MnCO3 Crystal Group: Trigonal Refractive Index: 1.600 每 1.820 Hardness: 4 Density: 3.45 每 3.70 Occurrence: Argentina; Colorado, U.S.A.; Romania; Hungary; India; South Africa; Saxony, Chile; Peru; Mexico.
| Natural Rhodolite Rhodolite is a beautiful pink to violetish red garnet which was named after the rhododendron flower. Commercially rhodolite is one of the most important garnets. Rhodolite is quite available in small sizes which are relatively low in price. Very fine large rhodolite garnets are rare and are moderate in price. Color: red, purple-red Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: Al2(SiO4)3 Crystal Group: Cubic Refractive Index: 1.75 - 1.77 Hardness: 7.25 Density: 3.74 - 3.94 Occurrence: Brazil, East Africa, Ceylon, India, Madagascar, Zimbabwe
| Natural Sapphire Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the mineral corundum,Blue is the main colour of the sapphire. Its beauty, its magnificent colours, its transparency, but also its constancy and durability are qualities associated with this gemstone by gemstone lovers and specialists alike.Fancy sapphires are pure individualism and are just made for lovers of individualistic coloured stone jewellery. They are currently available in a positively enchanting variety of designs - as ring stones, necklace pendants or ear jewellery. Color: blue, bluish purple, bluish violet, greenish yellow, orangy yellow, purple, red, reddish orange, red-orange or orange-red, reddish purple, red-purple or purple-red, slightly purplish red, violet, violetish blue, yellow, yellowish orange, pink Categories: precious stone Chemical Composition: AL22O3 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Refractive Index: 1.759-1.778 Hardness: 9 Density: 4 Occurrence: Sri Lanka, Burma, India, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Thailand, U.S.A., China
| Natural Sphene Sphene is also known as calcium titanium silicate.It is named from the greek word for wedge, because of its typical wedge shaped crystal habit.Because of it's high dispersion and refractive index, a well cut sphene can display stunning brilliance. Sphene is somewhat soft and as a result is more suitable as a pendant than as a ring stone. Sphene is rarely very clean. Color: Green, yellow. brown Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: CaTiSiO5 Crystal Group: Monoclinic Refractive Index: (1.885-1.990,)-(1.915-2.050) Hardness: 5.5 Density: 3.52-3.54 Occurrence: Austria, Dheirene-Madagascar, India, USA, Brazil.
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