Gemstone Chart |
Natural Citrine Citrine is any quartz crystal or cluster that is yellow or orange in color. Although often cut as a gemstone, citrine is actually somewhat rare in nature. Color: Yellow, orange Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: SiO2 Crystal Group: Trigonal Refractive Index: 1.544-1.553 Hardness: 7 Occurrence: Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Russia, USA.
| 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 Opal Opal is the most colorful of all gems. It is a form of silica chemically similar to quartz, but more like glass and containing a variable amount of water within the mineral structure. Its splendid play of color is unsurpassed, and fine examples can be more valuable than diamond. Precious opals (black and white) are cut and polished into cabochons and used in all forms of jewelry. Color: White, green, blue, black, red, orange, violet, pink, grey, yellow. Categories: precious stone Chemical Composition: SIO2nH2O Crystal Group: Amorphous Refractive Index: 1.44-1.46 Hardness: 5.5 - 6.0 Density: 2.65 - 3.00 Occurrence: Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Honduras, Australia, Brazil, Tanzania.
| Natural Scapolite Scapolite is actually the name of a series between the sodium chloride rich mineral called marialite and the calcium carbonate rich mineral meionite.Scapolite was originally discovered in 1913 in the Mogok Stone Tract in upper Burma (Myanmar). Scapolite is a rare and little known gemstone. It is a beautiful gem that comes in many colors. Color: white, yellow, violet,pink Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: Na4Al3Si9O24Cl /CA4Al6Si6O24CO3 Crystal Group: Tetragonal Refractive Index: 1.54 - 1.577 Hardness: 6 Density: 2.6-2.71 Occurrence: Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, Burma, Brazil, Canada.
| 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.
| Natural Topaz Topaz is a silicate mineral most often found in igneous rocks of felsic composition. It is a common gemstone that has been used for centuries in jewelry. Gem quality topaz most commonly occurs in nature as a colorless crystal. It is a very popular gemstone. Color: colorless, blue, yellow-brown, pinkish orange, red-orange, red-brown, tan. Categories: semi-precious stone Chemical Composition: AL(F,OH)2SIO4 Crystal Group: Orthorhombic Refractive Index: 1.629 - 1.637 Hardness: 8 Density: 3.52 - 3.56 Occurrence: Brazil, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Germany, Australia, Japan, Russia, Ireland, Zimbabwe.
| Natural Tourmaline Tourmaline is actually a group of several different minerals which have similar crystal structures, but complex and variable chemical formulas. Tourmaline is the most varicolored of all gemstones. It occurs in all colors, but red, green, and multicolored are its most famous gem colors. Color: blue, bluish green, green, greenish blue, green-blue or blue-green, greenish yellow, orangy red, red, red-orange or orange-red, red-purple or purple-red, slightly purplish red, slightly yellowish green, strongly purplish red, strongly yellowish green, very slightly bluish green, yellowish green, yellow-green or green-yellow, colorless, brown, pink 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, East Africa, Nigeria, Madagascar, U.S.A.
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