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Black Gemstones

Discover gemstones with black tones, curated for design, jewellery, and clarity.

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Agate gemstone

Agate

Agate is a banded chalcedony variety of quartz identified by concentric or parallel growth bands and waxy lustre.

7 Mohs Grey, White
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Allanite gemstone

Allanite

Allanite is a rare-earth-bearing member of the epidote group with limited use as a gemstone and strong collector value.

5.75 Mohs Black, Brown
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Andradite gemstone

Andradite

Andradite is a calcium-iron garnet species that includes demantoid and melanite varieties.

6.75 Mohs Green, Brown
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Astro Stone gemstone

Astro Stone

Astro stone is a trade descriptor for decorative composite material rather than a recognized mineral species.

5 Mohs Black, Sparkling Metallic
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Astrophyllite gemstone

Astrophyllite

Astrophyllite is a rare complex silicate mineral seen as bronze radiating blades in matrix material.

3 Mohs Bronze Brown, Golden Brown
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Black Jade gemstone

Black Jade

Black jade is a trade color category for dark jade materials, most often nephrite in commercial use.

6.25 Mohs Black, Dark Green Black
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Black Opal gemstone

Black Opal

A dark body tone turns black opal into a stage for moving colour. Against that deeper background, flashes of red, green, blue, and orange can appear sharper and more dramatic than they do in lighter opal varieties.

5.5 Mohs Black
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Black Spinel gemstone

Black Spinel

Black Spinel sits among the more resilient gem materials used for jewellery, which shapes both how it wears and how it is collected. That combination of black body colour, 9 Mohs hardness, and vitreous lustre is what usually makes it recognisable in practice.

8 Mohs Black
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Black Tourmaline gemstone

Black Tourmaline

Black Tourmaline is often discussed with one eye on colour and the other on where the material comes from. That combination of black body colour, 7 Mohs hardness, and vitreous lustre is what usually makes it recognisable in practice.

7.25 Mohs Black
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Bumblebee Jasper gemstone

Bumblebee Jasper

Bumblebee jasper is a trade name for a patterned volcanic-sedimentary composite material, not a true quartz jasper.

4 Mohs Yellow, Black
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Chrysanthemum Stone gemstone

Chrysanthemum Stone

Chrysanthemum stone is a patterned ornamental rock with white radiating mineral growths in dark matrix.

4 Mohs Black, White Flower Pattern
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Galaxy Stone gemstone

Galaxy Stone

Galaxy stone is typically a decorative trade product rather than a mineral species designation.

5 Mohs Black, Sparkling Metallic
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Harlequin Opal gemstone

Harlequin Opal

Harlequin opal is a trade pattern descriptor for precious opal with geometric, patchy color play.

5.75 Mohs Multicolor Play, White
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Hematite gemstone

Hematite

Hematite is an iron oxide mineral identified in gem use by metallic lustre and red-brown streak.

5.5 Mohs Steel Grey, Black
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Kambaba Jasper gemstone

Kambaba Jasper

Kambaba jasper is a trade-name ornamental rock with green-black orbicular patterns, not a strict jasper species term.

6.5 Mohs Dark Green, Black
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Lava Stone gemstone

Lava Stone

Lava stone is a porous volcanic basalt used as an ornamental bead and decorative material.

5.5 Mohs Black, Dark Grey
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Mahogany Obsidian gemstone

Mahogany Obsidian

Mahogany obsidian is an obsidian variety showing reddish-brown mottling from iron-rich inclusions.

5.5 Mohs Brown, Black
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Melanite gemstone

Melanite

Melanite is a black titanium-rich variety of andradite garnet.

6.75 Mohs Black, Dark Brown Black
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Meteorite Stone gemstone

Meteorite Stone

Meteorite stone is a trade category for extraterrestrial material used in jewelry and collector pieces.

5.5 Mohs Grey, Metallic Silver
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Mettle Stone gemstone

Mettle Stone

Mettle stone is handled as a trade-name decorative material requiring supplier-level composition disclosure.

5 Mohs Grey, Metallic
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Nigrine gemstone

Nigrine

Nigrine is an ambiguous term in gem trade usage and should be tied to tested mineral identity before strict species claims.

6.5 Mohs Black, Dark Brown Black
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Obsidian gemstone

Obsidian

Obsidian is a natural volcanic glass formed by rapid cooling of silica-rich lava.

5.5 Mohs Black, Brown
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Onyx gemstone

Onyx

Onyx is a parallel-banded chalcedony variety of quartz, traditionally black and white in layered form.

7 Mohs Black, White
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Pearl gemstone

Pearl

Pearl is an organic gem formed by mollusks, represented in trade by both natural and cultured products.

3 Mohs White, Cream
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Petrified Wood gemstone

Petrified Wood

Petrified wood is fossil wood in which original organic tissue has been replaced by silica minerals.

6.75 Mohs Brown, Red Brown
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Picasso Jasper gemstone

Picasso Jasper

Picasso jasper is a trade-name patterned decorative rock used for graphic line-based lapidary designs.

6.5 Mohs Grey, Black
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Picture Jasper gemstone

Picture Jasper

Picture jasper is a patterned jasper variety known for natural landscape-like designs.

6.75 Mohs Brown, Tan
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Sardonyx gemstone

Sardonyx

Sardonyx is a banded chalcedony combining sard-colored and onyx-style layers.

7 Mohs Brown, White
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Schorl gemstone

Schorl

Schorl is the black iron-rich tourmaline species widely used in mineral and decorative markets.

7.25 Mohs Black
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Snowflake Obsidian gemstone

Snowflake Obsidian

Snowflake obsidian is a patterned obsidian variety containing cristobalite spherulites.

5.5 Mohs Black, White Snowflake Pattern
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Tektite gemstone

Tektite

Tektite is natural impact glass formed by meteorite impact events.

5.5 Mohs Black, Dark Brown
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Tiger Iron gemstone

Tiger Iron

Tiger iron is a layered ornamental rock combining tiger eye, jasper, and hematite components.

6.5 Mohs Gold, Red Brown
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Zebra Jasper gemstone

Zebra Jasper

Zebra jasper is a patterned ornamental stone category defined by high-contrast striping.

6.75 Mohs Black, White
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