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Dravite gemstone

Dravite

Dravite is the magnesium-rich brown end-member of the tourmaline group.

7.25 Mohs Brown, Dark Brown
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Elbaite gemstone

Elbaite

Elbaite is the lithium-rich tourmaline species that includes many prized gem tourmaline colors.

7.5 Mohs Multicolor, Green
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Emerald gemstone

Emerald

Emerald stands apart from other green gems because colour carries more weight than absolute clarity. Even stones with visible inclusions can be highly regarded when the green is vivid, lively, and unmistakably within the emerald range.

7.5 Mohs Emerald Green, Forest Green
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Epidote gemstone

Epidote

Epidote is a monoclinic sorosilicate mineral with green coloration and occasional facetable transparency.

6.5 Mohs Green, Yellow Green
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Ethiopian Opal gemstone

Ethiopian Opal

Ethiopian Opal profile is under factual gemological review. Properties shown here are provisional unless marked as verified.

5.5 Mohs Multicolour
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Euclase gemstone

Euclase

Euclase is a beryllium aluminum silicate hydroxide mineral occasionally cut as a collector gemstone.

7.5 Mohs Blue, Blue Green
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Fire Agate gemstone

Fire Agate

Fire agate is a chalcedony variety with iridescent colors caused by thin iron-oxide interference layers.

7 Mohs Brown, Iridescent Flash Colors
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Fire Chalcedony gemstone

Fire Chalcedony

Fire chalcedony is an orange-red chalcedony trade variety distinguished by body color rather than interference iridescence.

7 Mohs Orange, Red Orange
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Fire Quartz gemstone

Fire Quartz

Fire quartz is a trade term commonly used for hematoid quartz showing red-orange internal inclusion color.

7 Mohs Red, Clear with Red Inclusions
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Fluorite gemstone

Fluorite

Fluorite is a calcium fluoride mineral known for wide colour variation, strong cleavage, and common fluorescence.

4 Mohs Purple, Green
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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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Garden Quartz gemstone

Garden Quartz

Garden quartz is a trade name for quartz with inclusion scenes resembling landscapes.

7 Mohs Colorless, Green Inclusion
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Garnet gemstone

Garnet

Garnet is often discussed with one eye on colour and the other on where the material comes from. Collectors and lapidaries comparing similar stones often come to it for different reasons, but identification still comes back to green body colour, 6.5 Mohs hardness, and vitreous lustre. The secondary burgundy note often matters more than people expect when separating it from lookalikes.

7 Mohs Green, Burgundy
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Ghost Quartz gemstone

Ghost Quartz

Ghost quartz is quartz containing internal phantom crystal outlines created during interrupted growth.

7 Mohs Colorless, White Ghosts
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Goshenite gemstone

Goshenite

Goshenite is often discussed with one eye on colour and the other on where the material comes from. That combination of blue body colour, 7.5 Mohs hardness, and vitreous lustre is what usually makes it recognisable in practice. The secondary green note often matters more than people expect when separating it from lookalikes.

7.5 Mohs Blue, Green
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Green Apatite gemstone

Green Apatite

Green apatite is a calcium phosphate gemstone valued for vivid green hues and high brilliance.

5 Mohs Green, Yellow Green
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Green Beryl gemstone

Green Beryl

Locality plays an important role in how Green Beryl is understood in the gem trade. That combination of green body colour, 7.5 Mohs hardness, and vitreous lustre is what usually makes it recognisable in practice.

7.5 Mohs Green
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Green Chalcedony gemstone

Green Chalcedony

Green chalcedony is a green microcrystalline quartz variety used for cabochons and beads.

7 Mohs Green, Apple Green
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Green Jade gemstone

Green Jade

Green jade is a trade category encompassing green jadeite and green nephrite materials.

6.5 Mohs Green, Dark Green
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Green Jasper gemstone

Green Jasper

Green jasper is an opaque green chalcedony/jasper variety used in lapidary and ornamental work.

6.75 Mohs Green, Dark Green
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Green Quartz gemstone

Green Quartz

Green quartz is a broad trade category that may include naturally green included quartz or treated quartz.

7 Mohs Green, Yellow Green
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Green Sapphire gemstone

Green Sapphire

Green Sapphire profile is under factual gemological review. Properties shown here are provisional unless marked as verified.

9 Mohs Blue, Sapphire Blue
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