| Gemstone Chart |
 Natural Actinolite
Actinolite is a natural mineral with the chemical formula Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2.the crystals have a hardness of 5.5 on Moh｡ｯs scale, and there are two directions of cleavage. Natural actinolite is semi-precious to precious stone used in jewelry and other adornments.
Color: Green, Brown
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: Amphibole Group
Crystal Group: Monoclinic
Refractive Index: 1.620 - 1.642
Hardness: 5.5
Density: 3.05
Occurrence: Tanzania
|  Natural Brazilianite
Brazilianite is a wonderful gemstone that is rare and hard to find. The main production area is in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil.
Color: yellow, greenish yellow
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: A hydrous sodium aluminum phosph
Crystal Group: Monoclinic
Refractive Index: 1.603 - 1.623
Hardness: 5.5
Density: 2.940 - 2.998
Occurrence: Minas Gerais, Brazil; New Hampshire, U.S.A.
|  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 Euclase
Euclase is a rare mineral, resembling beryl in color and hardness.Euclase is found in granitic pegmatites with other gem minerals such as topaz and beryl.
Color: White, pale blue, greenish blue, dark blue.
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: BeAlSiO4(OH)
Crystal Group: Monoclinic
Refractive Index: 1.652-1.672
Hardness: 7.5
Density: 3.18
Occurrence: Brazil, Tanzania, Russia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Austria.
|  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 Sapphirine
Sapphirine is a rare mineral, a silicate of magnesium and aluminium.Though Sapphirine clearly falls into the "rare stone" category, it is a relatively durable stone with a Moh's hardness of 7.5. Sapphirine's very distinctive appearance along with their somewhat unusual durability have made them fairly popular with collectors.
Color: Pale blue, bluish gray, greenish gray, green, purplish pink
Categories: semi-precious stone
Crystal Group: Monoclinic
Refractive Index: 1.714-1.723
Hardness: 7.5
Density: 3.4-3.5
Occurrence: U.S.A., U.K., Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Japan, South Africa, Greenland, Madagascar, Italy, Sri Lanka
|  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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