| Gemstone Chart |
 Natural Sunstone
Sunstone is a sodium-calcium-aluminum-silicate variety of plagioclase feldspar, which when viewed from certain directions exhibits a brilliant spangled appearance; this has led to its use as a gemstone.
Color: Orange-red, brownish-red
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: NaAlSi3O8
Crystal Group: Triclinic
Refractive Index: RI 1.54 ¨C1.55
Hardness: 6
Density: SG 2.62 ¨C 2.65
Occurrence: Near Lake Baikal Russia; East Africa; Hastings, Renfrew, and Haliburton, in Ontario Canada; Tvedestrand, Hitero, Norway; Kangayam, India; Maine, Oregon, New Mexico, California, and North Carolina, USA.
|  Natural Taaffeite
The chemical formula of mineral Taaffeite is indicated by BeMgAl4O8 or Beryllium Magnesium Aluminum Oxide. Taaffeite actually belongs to the Oxides and Hydroxides mineral class. Taaffeite is one of the beautiful and Rarest gems in the world.
Color: Mauve, reddish violet, brownish-purple, pink, red, blue.
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: Beryllium magnesium aluminate wi
Crystal Group: Hexagonal
Refractive Index: 1.71-1.72.
Hardness: 8 - 8.5
Density: 3.60 - 3.71
Occurrence: Tunduru, Tanzania; Sri Lanka
|  Natural Tanzanite
Tanzanite is a rare gem which has been celebrated as one of the most exciting finds of the 20th century. Manuel DĄ¯Souza discovered the gem in 1967 in Tanzania. Because tanzanite is relatively soft, it is not usually set in necklaces and earrings, so the tiara is truly a rarity.
Color: Blue, Blue Purple, Green, Pink.
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: Ca2(Al,OH)Al2(SIO4)
Crystal Group: Orthorhombic
Refractive Index: 1.688 - 1.707
Hardness: 6-7
Density: 3.30 (+.10, -.10)
Occurrence: Tanzania
|  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.
|  Natural Triplite
Triplite is a rare fluoro-hydroxide phosphate mineral that forms in phosphate rich granitic pegmatites and high temperature hydrothermal veins. The name is from the Greek triplos for triple, in reference to the three cleavage directions. It is a very gemstones and few cut stones have been ever reported.
Color: brightly coloured (brown, salmon, flesh-red)
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: (Mn,Fe2+)2(PO4)(F,OH)
Crystal Group: Monoclinic
Refractive Index: 1.650 - 1.680
Hardness: 5 - 5.5
Density: 3.44 - 3.90
Occurrence: the Shigar Valley, Pakistan; China; France, Bavaria, Germany; Kimito, Finland; Karibib, Namibia; Maine, and Connecticut, Arizona and Colorado in the United States.
|  Natural Tsavorite
Tsavorite is the name given to the rich green variety of grossular garnet. Its home is the East-African bushland along the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The shining green tsavorite is a young gemstone discovered in 1967 with a very long geological history.
Color: Green
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Crystal Group: Cubic
Refractive Index: 1.735 (+.015, -.035)
Hardness: 7
Density: 3.61(-.27, +.12)
Occurrence: Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar
|  Natural Turquoise
Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium.The gem turquoise owes it's beauty almost entirely to its superb color. It has been used for ornamentation since 3000BC and possibly before.
Color: Blue, Greenish Blue
Categories: semi-precious stone
Chemical Composition: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)85H2O
Crystal Group: Triclinic
Refractive Index: 1.62
Hardness: 5.5-6
Density: 2.60- 2.90
Occurrence: Iran, USA, India, Tibet, China, Egypt, Chile, Russia, Australia
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