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    | Gemstone Chart |  |  Natural Danburite Danburite is a very spiritual stone that carries a pure vibration. With a hardness of 7, danburite is quite hard and suitable for any kind of jewelry. Danburite handles easily and ordinarily offers no problems for lapidaries. It makes an especially brilliant gem because of its extreme clarity.
 Color: White, yellowish, very light pink, buff colored, very light brown
 Categories: semi-precious stone
 Chemical Composition: calcium borosilicate
 Crystal Group: Orthorhombic
 Refractive Index: 1.630(+.003,-.003) - 1.636 (+.003, -.003)
 Hardness: 7
 Density: 3
 Occurrence: Danbury, Connecticut and Russell, New York, USA; Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Kyushu Island, Japan; Mogok, Burma and Uri, Switzerland; Madagascar.
 
 
 |  |  Natural Freshwater Pearl Freshwater pearls are a kind of pearl that comes from freshwater mussels.Freshwater pearls come in many shapes from round to button shapes, from flat flakes to rice shapes and in many colors. As with the salt water Akoya pearl the round shapes are generally more expensive.
 Color: orange, pink, white, gray, light purple, rose, black, brown, gold, yellow, silvery, green, blue, bronze.
 Categories: semi-precious stone
 Chemical Composition: CaCO3
 Crystal Group: Not applicable
 Hardness: 3.5 - 4.0
 Density: 2.66 – 2.78+
 Occurrence: China, Japan
 
 
 |  |  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 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.
 
 
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