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Quartz and quartz varieties
Crystalline quartz, color varieties, inclusion groups, and market-recognized quartz forms.
- Amethyst Purple quartz
- Ametrine Purple-and-yellow quartz
- Aventurine Quartz Aventurescent quartz
- Citrine Yellow quartz
- Clear Quartz Rock crystal
- Garden Quartz Lodolite; landscape-included quartz
- Hematoid Quartz Fire quartz; iron-included quartz
- Lavender Quartz Variable pale-violet quartz trade label
- Phantom Quartz Quartz with internal growth outlines
- Pink Amethyst Pink-lilac crystalline quartz trade name
- Prasiolite Green quartz
- Rose Quartz Pink massive quartz
- Rutilated Quartz Rutile-included quartz
- Smoky Quartz Smoky crystal; morion when very dark
- Spirit Quartz Cactus quartz
- Tourmalinated Quartz Schorl-included quartz
Chalcedony and agate
Microcrystalline quartz materials, including banded, included, and color-based trade varieties.
- Agate Banded chalcedony
- Bloodstone Heliotrope
- Blue Lace Agate Pale blue banded chalcedony
- Botswana Agate Fine-banded agate trade variety
- Carnelian Orange-red chalcedony
- Chalcedony Microcrystalline quartz
- Chrysoprase Nickel-colored green chalcedony
- Crazy Lace Agate Intricately banded agate
- Dendritic Agate Branching-inclusion chalcedony
- Fire Agate Iridescent botryoidal chalcedony
- Flower Agate Madagascar plume chalcedony trade variety
- Moss Agate Dendritic chalcedony
- Onyx Straight-banded chalcedony
- Sardonyx Sard and onyx banded chalcedony
Jasper and patterned stones
Opaque silica-rich stones and patterned trade materials that require careful name and geology distinctions.
- Bumblebee Jasper Yellow-black Indonesian trade rock
- Dalmatian Stone Spotted decorative rock
- Jasper Opaque silica-rich material
- Kambaba Jasper Madagascar green-black trade stone
- Mookaite Australian radiolarite trade material
- Ocean Jasper Madagascar orbicular jasper trade name
- Petrified Wood Silicified wood
- Picture Jasper Landscape-patterned jasper
- Polychrome Jasper Madagascar Desert Jasper trade variety
- Red Jasper Iron-colored opaque chalcedony
- Septarian Madagascar septarian nodule variety shown
- Unakite Epidote-feldspar rock
Feldspars and optical stones
Feldspars, volcanic glass, and related materials recognized by flashes, sheen, banding, or other optical effects.
- Amazonite Blue-green microcline feldspar
- Hawk's Eye Blue tiger's eye
- Labradorite Labradorescent plagioclase
- Larvikite Blue-flashing Norwegian igneous rock
- Moonstone Adularescent feldspar
- Obsidian Natural volcanic glass
- Peach Moonstone Peach feldspar trade variety
- Pietersite Brecciated chatoyant aggregate
- Rainbow Moonstone White labradorite trade name
- Snowflake Obsidian Spherulitic volcanic glass
- Sunstone Aventurescent feldspar
- Tiger's Eye Golden chatoyant quartz
Soft and colorful minerals
Visually distinctive minerals that often require additional care because of softness, cleavage, solubility, or treatment.
- Anhydrite / Angelite Blue massive anhydrite trade material
- Apatite Apatite group gem material
- Aragonite Calcium carbonate polymorph
- Azurite Blue copper carbonate
- Calcite Calcium carbonate
- Celestite Celestine; Madagascar geode variety shown
- Chrysocolla Blue-green copper mineral material
- Fluorite Fluorspar
- Gypsum Selenite and satin spar trade forms
- Malachite Green copper carbonate
- Prehnite Pale green calcium aluminosilicate
- Rhodochrosite Manganese carbonate
Blue and green gem materials
Blue and green gems, carving materials, and trade categories with important identity, treatment, and origin boundaries.
- Aquamarine Blue-green beryl
- Emerald Green beryl
- Howlite White borate mineral
- Jadeite Jade Pyroxene jade
- Kyanite Bladed aluminum silicate
- Lapis Lazuli Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock
- Larimar Blue pectolite trade variety
- Nephrite Jade Amphibole jade
- Peridot Gem olivine
- Serpentine Often marketed as new jade
- Sodalite Blue feldspathoid mineral
- Turquoise Hydrated copper aluminum phosphate
Jewelry and collector gems
Gem and collector materials for which treatment, synthesis, origin, and professional testing can strongly affect value.
- Black Tourmaline Schorl
- Garnet Garnet mineral group
- Iolite Gem cordierite
- Kunzite Pink spodumene
- Opal Hydrated amorphous silica
- Ruby Red corundum
- Sapphire Non-red gem corundum
- Spinel Spinel mineral species
- Topaz Orthosilicate gemstone
- Tourmaline Tourmaline mineral group
- Watermelon Tourmaline Pink-and-green zoned tourmaline
- Zircon Natural zircon - not cubic zirconia
Unusual and manufactured materials
Distinctive natural materials, mineraloids, and human-made products whose honest identity is central to description.
- Charoite Purple rock-forming mineral material
- Goldstone Copper-bearing manufactured glass
- Hematite Iron oxide
- Lepidolite Lithium mica
- Moldavite Natural impact glass
- Opalite Milky manufactured glass
- Pyrite Iron sulfide
- Rhodonite Pink manganese silicate
- Shungite Carbon-rich rock
- Sugilite Purple cyclosilicate
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