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Gemstones to Minerals

GemstoneMineralGemstoneMineral
AchroiteTourmalineKunziteSpodumene
AgateChalcedonyLapis LazuliLazurite
AlexandriteChrysoberylMalachiteMalachite
AmazoniteMicrocline FeldsparMandarin GarnetSpessartine
AmberAmberMoonstoneOrthoclase, Plagioclase, Albite, Microcline Feldspars
AmethystQuartzMorganiteBeryl
AmetrineQuartzMorionQuartz
AndalusiteAndalusiteOnyxChalcedony
ApatiteApatiteOpalOpal
AquamarineBerylPeridotOlivine
AventurineChalcedonyPleonastSpinel
BenitoiteBenitoiteQuartzQuartz
BerylBerylRhodochrositeRhodochrosite
BloodstoneChalcedonyRhodoliteAlmandine-Pyrope Garnet
BrazilianiteBrazilianiteRubelliteTourmaline
CairngormQuartzRubicelleSpinel
CarnelianChalcedonyRubyCorundum
Chrome DiopsideDiopsideSapphireCorundum
ChrysoberylChrysoberylSardChalcedony
ChrysoliteOlivineScapoliteScapolite
ChrysopraseChalcedonySchorlTourmaline
CitrineQuartzSinhaliteSinhalite
CordieriteCordieriteSodaliteSodalite
Demantoid GarnetAndraditeSpinelSpinel
DiamondDiamondSugiliteSugilite
DichroiteCordieriteSunstoneOligoclase Feldspar
DraviteTourmalineTaaffeiteTaaffeite
EmeraldBerylTanzaniteZoisite
GarnetPyrope, Almandine, Andradite, Spessartine, Grossularite, UvaroviteTitaniteSphene
GosheniteBerylTopazTopaz
HeliodoreBerylTourmalineTourmaline
HeliotropeChalcedonyTsavorite GarnetGrossularite
HessoniteGrossulariteTurquoiseTurquoise
HiddeniteSpodumeneUvaroviteUvarovite
Indigolite/IndicoliteTourmalineVerdeliteTourmaline
IoliteCordieriteViolanDiopside
JadeNephrite or JadeiteZirconZircon
JasperChalcedony

Minerals to Gemstones

MineralGemstoneMineralGemstone
AlbiteMoonstoneOlivineChrysolite, Peridot
AlmandineGarnetOpalOpal
Almandine-Pyrope GarnetRhodoliteOrthoclase FeldsparMoonstone
AmberAmberPlagioclase FeldsparMoonstone
AndalusiteAndalusitePyropeGarnet
AndraditeDemantoid GarnetQuartzAmethyst, Ametrine, Cairngorm, Citrine, Morion
ApatiteApatiteRhodochrositeRhodochrosite
BenitoiteBenitoiteScapoliteScapolite
BerylAquamarine, Beryl, Emerald, Goshenite, Heliodore, MorganiteSinhaliteSinhalite
BrazilianiteBrazilianiteSodaliteSodalite
ChalcedonyAgate, Aventurine, Bloodstone, Carnelian, Chrysoprase, Heliotrope, Jasper, Onyx, SardSpessartineMandarin Garnet
ChrysoberylAlexandrite, ChrysoberylSpheneTitanite
CordieriteCordierite, Dichroite, IoliteSpinelPleonast, Rubicelle
CorundumRuby, SapphireSpodumeneHiddenite, Kunzite
DiamondDiamondSugiliteSugilite
DiopsideChrome Diopside, ViolanTaaffeiteTaaffeite
GrossulariteHessonite, Tsavorite GarnetTopazTopaz
JadeiteJadeTourmalineAchroite, Dravite, Indigolite/Indicolite, Rubellite, Schorl, Verdelite
LazuriteLapis LazuliTurquoiseTurquoise
MalachiteMalachiteUvaroviteGarnet, Uvarovite
Microcline FeldsparAmazonite, MoonstoneZirconZircon
NephriteJadeZoisiteTanzanite
Oligoclase FeldsparSunstone

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