Fluorite
Fluorite makes a beautiful gemstone that comes in all colors, and can often be multic... More
Fluorite makes a beautiful gemstone that comes in all colors, and can often be multicolored with two or more contrasting color within the same gemstone. Multicolored Fluorite gemstones often show banding patterns. Large and flawless crystals are fairly common, and these can produce very large and totally clear gemstones. However, due to Fluorite's very low hardness and perfect cleavage, it cannot be used as a mainstream gemstone, and it is generally cut specifically for specialty collectors. Hide
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Garnet
Garnet is not a single mineral, but describes a group of several closely related mine... More
Garnet is not a single mineral, but describes a group of several closely
related minerals. Garnets come in a variety of colors and have many
different varieties. However, the most widely-known color of Garnet
gemstones is dark red. When the term "Garnet" is used, it is usually
connotative of the dark red form; other color Garnets are usually given
more descriptive gemstone terms. The properties below are generic to all Garnets; see the specific Garnet gemstone pages for more precise details. Hide
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The images
below represent a single sample of each of the main Garnet gemstone
forms and varieties. More photos can be found on the individual Garnet
pages.
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The images below represent a single sample of each of the main Garnet gemstone forms and varieties. More photos can be found on the individual Garnet pages.
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Gold
No precious metal is as legendary and beautiful as Gold. Its rarity, beauty, and enig... More
No precious metal is as legendary and beautiful as Gold. Its rarity, beauty, and enigma have provided it with status as a valuable commodity throughout the history of humanity. Gold has always been used as a monetary standard, and ancient gold jewelry and ornaments dating back centuries have been found throughout the world. Gold has always been and remains the most essential jewelry component, with most precious jewelry pieces created from Gold or inlaid with a Gold setting. Hide
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Golden Beryl
Heliodor and Golden Beryl are the greenish yellow to yellow varieties of Beryl . Bery... More
Heliodor and Golden Beryl are the greenish-yellow to yellow varieties of Beryl. Beryl is best known for its famous gem varieties Emerald and
Aquamarine, but other varieties such as Heliodor and Golden Beryl are also used as gemstones. In a strict sense, Heliodor and Golden Beryl are distinguished by their color, where Heliodor has a greenish-yellow hue, and Golden Beryl is a purer yellow or an orange-yellow. However, in both the mineral and gemstone trade, this distinction is not usually made and both terms are interchangeable, with the term Golden Beryl being the more frequently used term in the gemstone market. The term Heliodor may also be used to describe light green, orange, and brown Beryl. Hide
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In the images below, we are noting a distinction between Golden Beryl which contains a bright yellow color, and Heliodor, which has a greenish hue to it. However, the names are often interchangeable so either term is technically acceptable.
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Goshenite
Goshenite is the white to colorless variety of Beryl . Beryl is best known for its ge... More
Goshenite is the white to colorless variety of Beryl. Beryl is
best known for its gem varieties Emerald and Aquamarine, as well as the lesser known Heliodor and Morganite, but the variety Goshenite less frequently used as a gemstone being that it lacks the color appeal of the other varieties. Hide
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Grossular
Grossular is the most varicolored of the Garnet s . The term Garnet describes a group... More
Grossular is the most varicolored of the Garnets. The term Garnet describes a group name for several closely related minerals that form important gemstones, and Grossular is an individual member mineral of the Garnet group. Pure Grossular is colorless; the wide range of colors in this Garnet is caused by various impurities. Some Grossular types have their own unique variety or trade names, and are only called by these names in the gemstone market. The orange-brown Hessonite and deep green Tsavorite varieties are the best known varieties. In the gem trade, the term Grossularite is synonymous with Grossular, and both names are acceptable names for describing this gemstone. Hide
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See the variety Tsavorite for additional images.
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See the variety Tsavorite for additional images.
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Hiddenite
Hiddenite is the green gem variety of the mineral Spodumene . Spodumene is a common m... More
Hiddenite is the green gem variety of the mineral
Spodumene. Spodumene is a common mineral, but only in several
localities does it occur in transparent gem form. One gem form of
Spodumene is Kunzite, the other important and much rarer form is Hiddenite. Hiddenite is named after William Earl Hidden, who was instrumental in identifying this new gemstone. The town in North Carolina where this gemstone was found was subsequently given the name "Hiddenite" in honor of the gemstone. Hide
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Iolite
div Iolite is the gem variety of the mineral Cordierite . It describes the transparen... More
Iolite is the gem variety of the mineral Cordierite. It describes the transparent to translucent form of Cordierite, and it has recently become a popular gemstone. Iolite can be light to deep blue, and usually has a purplish tinge to it. Deeper colored stones are more valuable. Iolite is very affordable and durable, and can be used as a substitute for more expensive blue gemstones such as Sapphire. It is named from the Greek "violet", alluding to the purplish tinge often exhibited by this gemstone.
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Jade
Jade is best known as a green ornamental stone. Its colors varies from light to dark ... More
Jade is best known as a green ornamental stone. Its colors varies from light to dark green, but it may also be other colors such as white, gray, and purple. Jade is actually the gemstone name for two different mineral forms, Jadeite and Nephrite. These two minerals can be identical in appearance and are similar in their physical properties, and until modern times no distinction was made between the two different types of Jade. While Nephrite is generally only green, cream, or white, Jadeite colors can range through the color spectrum with more exotic colors. Hide
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Jasper
Jasper is an opaque variety of Chalcedony , and is usually associated with brown, yel... More
Jasper is an opaque variety of Chalcedony, and is
usually associated with brown, yellow, or reddish colors, but may be
used to describe other opaque colors of Chalcedony such as dark or
mottled green, orange, and black. Jasper is almost always multicolored, with unique color patterns and habits. Hide
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