| Gemstone Chart |
 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 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
|  Natural Diopside
Diopside is a common mineral and is found worldwide. Diopside has several varieties, including a chromium-rich gem variety called chrome diopside.
Color: pale bluish green or dark blue green, brownish green or dark blue green. yellowish green or yellow bluish green.
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: CaMgSi2O6
Crystal Group: Monoclinic
Refractive Index: 1.665 - 1.730
Hardness: 6
Density: 3.25 - 3.55
|  Natural Dioptase
Dioptase is an intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.Dioptase is a rather unusual gemstone that will rarely be found in your basic jewelry stores. It is a beautiful gemstone with a very unusual combination of green colors.
Color: Dark blue green, emerald green, or turquoise
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: CuSiO2(OH) 2
Crystal Group: Hexagonal
Refractive Index: RI 1.644 ¨C 1.709
Hardness: 5
Density: 3.28 ¨C 3.55
Occurrence: Russia, Tsumeb Namibia, California and Colorado USA, Congo, Zaire, Chile
|  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 Indicolite
Indicolite is a very beautiful stone which is also known as "Blue Tourmaline". It is much different from the other gemstones found in the world.
Indicolite is one of the rarer varieties of elbaite.
Color: Blue
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: Brazil, Namibia, U.S.A.
|  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
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