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American Federation

of

Mineralogical Societies

AFMSApproved Reference List

of Lapidary Material Names

“Gem List”

August 1996Updated January 2003

AFMS Pubications Committee

B. Jay Bowman, Chair

Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at http://www.amfed.org/rules

APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELSPrepared by the American Federation Nomenclature Committee and approved by the American Federa-tion Uniform Rules Committee, this list is the authorized guide and authority for Lapidary Label Names for exhibitors and judges in all competition under AFMS Uniform Rules. All materials are listed alpha-betically with two columns on a page. The following criteria are to assist in the selection and judging of material names on exhibit labels.

1. The name of any listed material (except tigereye), which has been cut to show a single chatoyant ray, may be preceded by “CAT’S-EYE”; the name of any material which has been cut to show asterism (two or more crossed rays) may be preceded by “STAR”, i.e.: CATS-EYE DIOPSIDE, CAT’S-EYE QUARTZ, STAR BERYL, STAR GARNET, etc.

2. This list is not all-inclusive as to the names of Lapidary materials which may at some time be exhibited. If a mineral or rock not included in this list is exhibited, the recognized mineralogical or petrological name must be used. The names of valid minerals and valid mineral varieties listed in the latest edition of the Glossary of Mineral Species by Michael Fleisher, or any other authorized reference, will be acceptable as Lapidary names. Varieties need only have variety name listed and not the root species. Names in this list that are indented belong to the generic name that precedes them. Either name may be used, but not both. Consult the Uniform Rules for the approved references. Refer to the Uniform Rules for additional information required to complete the label and note the following items (3) and (4).

3. Guide to capitalization. Gem names when used in labels, titles or headings, are written in all capital letters, but when used within text material, they are not capitalized.

4. Descriptive terms may be placed on the label, in parentheses if so desired, and will be judged for accuracy, spelling and punctuation, i.e. AGATE, (Crazy Lace) or AGATE Lace; AGATE, (Botswana) or AGATE, Botswana; JASPER (Biggs) or TOURMALINE (Bi-Color), or TOURMALINE, Bi-Color, etc.

Guide to stones with inclusions (i.e. EPIDOTED QUARTZ) not found in list, see item (5).

5. If a material is cut and polished as a gem stone, then the name of the base material and the inclusions shall be given, i.e., EPIDOTE in QUARTZ, GOLD in QUARTZ, COPPER in CALCITE, COPPER in DATOLITE, MARCASITE in AGATE, GOETHITE in AGATE, GOETHITE in QUARTZ, etc.

Guide to synthetic and artificial stones: See items (6) and (7).

6. Any artificial (no natural counterpart) material not listed below must be preceded by MAN-MADE, i.e., MAN-MADE GLASS 7. Any synthetic (having a natural counterpart) material not listed below must be preceded by SYNTHETIC, i.e., SYNTHETIC RUBY.



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APPROVED LAPIDARY NAMES TO BE USED ON LABELS

ABALONE SHELLACHROITEACTINOLITEADULARIAAGALMATOLITEAGATE AGATIZED BONE AGATIZED CORAL AGATIZED SHELL AGATIZED WOOD BANDED AGATE CARNELIAN DENDRITIC AGATE FIRE AGATE FLAME AGATE FORTIFICATION AGATE IRIS AGATE MOSS AGATE ONYX PLUME AGATE SAGENITE SARD SARDONYX TURRITELLA AGATEAGATIZED BONEAGATIZED CORALAGATIZED SHELLAGATIZED WOODALABASTERALBITE AVENTURINE MOONSTONE PERISTERITE SUNSTONEALEXANDRITEALGODONITEALLANITEALMANDINEAMAZONITEAMAZONSTONEAMBERAMBLYGONITEAMETHYSTAMETRINEANALCIMEANATASE

ANDALUSITE CHIASTOLITEANDESINEANDRADITE DEMANTOID MELANITE TOPAZOLITEANGLESITEANHYDRITEANORTHITEANORTHOCLASEAPACHE TEARAPATITEAPOPHYLLITEAQUAMARINEARAGONITEARGILLITEAUGELITEAUSTRALITEAVENTURINEAXINITEAZURITEAZURMALACHITE

BAKERITEBANDED AGATEBANDED OBSIDIANBARITEBASANITEBAYLDONITEBAZZITEBEDIASITEBENTONITEBERYL AQUAMARINE BAZZITTE EMERALD GOLDEN BERYL GOSHENITE HELIODOR MAXIXE MORGANITE RED BERYL ROSTERITE TRAPICHE EMERALDBERYLLONITE


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BILLITONITEBINGHAMITEBLACKMORITEBLACK OPALBLOODSTONEBONEBORACITEBOULDER OPALBOWENITEBRAZILIANITEBRECCIATED JASPERBRONZITEBROOKITEBUERGERITEBYTOWNITE

CACHALONGCACOXENITECAIRNGORMCALCITE CALCITE ONYX ICELAND SPAR LUMACHELLE SATIN SPAR SHELL MARBLE TRAVERTINECALCITE ONYXCALIFORNITECANCRINITECARNELIANCASSITERITECATAPLEITECATLINITE PIPESTONECELESTINECELESTITECELSIANCERUSSITECHALCEDONYCHALCOCITECHALCOPYRITECHAPINITECHAROITECHATHAM EMERALDCHATHAM RUBYCHERT

CHIASTOLITECHLORASTROLITECHONDRODITECHROMDRAVITECHROMITECHRYSANTHEMUM STONECHRYSOBERYL ALEXANDRITECHRYSOCOLLACHRYSOPRASECINNABARCITRINECLINOZOISITECOAL JETCOBALTITE COLEMANITECOPALCOPPER, COPPER IN MATRIXCOPROLITECORALCORDIERITECORUNDUM RUBY SAPPHIRE PADPARADSCHACOVELLITECROCOITECUBIC ZIRCONIACUPRITECYPRINE

DALLASITEDANBURITEDATOLITEDEMANTOIDDENDRITIC AGATEDENDRITIC OPALDIAMONDDIASPOREDIATOMITEDIOPSIDEDIOPTASEDOLOMITEDOMEYKITEDOUBLE-FLOW OBSIDIAN


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DRAVITEDUMORTIERITE

EILAT STONEELAEOLITEELBAITEEMERALD CHATHAM EMERALD GILSON EMERALD INAMORE EMERALD TRAPICHE EMERALDENSTATITE BRONZITEEPIDOTEEUCLASE EUXENITE - (Y)

FELDSPARALBITE AVENTURINE MOONSTONE PERISTERITE SUNSTONEANDESINEANORTHITEANORTHOCLASEBYTOWNITECELSIANLABRADORITE SPECTROLITELARVIKITEMICROCLINE AMAZONITE AMAZONSTONEOLIGOCLASE AVENTURINE MOONSTONE SUNSTONEORTHOCLASE ADULARIA MOONSTONE SANIDINE SUNSTONEPARACELSIANPERTHITE PLAGIOCLASE

FERGUSONITEFERRIDRAVITEFERROAN SPINELFIBROLITEFIRE AGATEFIRE OBSIDIANFIRE OPALFLAME AGATEFLINTFLUOBORITEFLUORITEFORSTERITEFORTIFICATION AGATEFOSSIL IVORYFOWLERITEFRIEDELITEFUSED VOLCANIC ASH

GABBROGADOLINITEGAHNITEGANOSPINELGARNETALMANDINE ANDRADITE DEMANTOID MELANITE TOPAZOLITEGROSSULAR HESSONITE TSAVORITEPYROPE RHODOLITESPESSARTINEUVAROVITEGEARKSUTITEGEODEGGG or GADOLINIUM GALLIUM GARNETGILSON EMERALDGILSON LAPIS LAZULIGILSON OPALGILSON TURQUOISEGLASSGOETHITEGOLDEN BERYL



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GOSHENITEGRANITEGRANODIORITEGREENOCKITEGROSSULAR HESSONITE TSAVORITEGYPSUM ALABASTER SATIN SPAR SELENITE

HAMBERGITEHELIODORHEMATITEHEMIMORPHITEHERCYNITEHERDERITEHESSONITEHEXAGONITEHIDDENITEHODGKINSONITEHORN CORALHOWLITEHURLBUTITEHYALITEHYDROPHANEHYPERSTHENE

ICELAND SPARIDOCRASE CALIFORNITE CYPRINE VESUVIANITEINAMORE ALEXANDRITEINAMORE EMERALDINAMORE RUBYINDICOLITEIOLITEIRIS AGATEIVORY, FOSSIL

JADE JADEITE NEPHRITE SNOWFLAKE JADE

JADEITEJASPER BRECCIATED JASPER CHAPINITE ORBICULAR JASPERJET

KASHAN RUBYKORNERUPINEKUNZITEKYANITE

LABRADORITESPECTROLITE LAPIS LAZULI GILSON LAPIS LAZULILARIMARLARVIKITELAWSONITELAZULITELAZURITELEGRANDITELEPIDOLITELEUCITELIDDICOATITELLANITELUDLAMITELUMACHELLE

MAGNESITEMAHOGANY OBSIDIANMALACHITEMARBLEMARCASITEMARIPOSITEMAXIXEMEERSCHAUMMELANITEMESOLITEMIARGYRITEMICROCLINE AMAZONITE AMAZONSTONEMICROLITEMOHAWKITEMOLDAVITE


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MOONSTONEMORGANITEMORIONMOSS AGATEMOSS OPALMOTHER OF PEARLMOZARKITEMYRICKITE

NEPHRITENEPHELINE ELAEOLITENEPHELINE SYENITENICKELINENODULENOVACULITE

OBSIDIAN APACHE TEAR BANDED OBSIDIAN DOUBLE-FLOW OBSIDIAN FIRE OBSIDIAN MAHOGANY OBSIDIAN RAINBOW OBSIDIAN SHEEN OBSIDIAN SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIANOLIGOCLASE AVENTURINE MOONSTONE SUNSTONEOLIVINE FORSTERITE PERIDOTONYXOPAL BLACK OPAL BOULDER OPAL CACHALONG DENDRITIC OPAL FIRE OPAL HYALITE HYDROPHANE MOSS OPAL OPALITE OPALIZED BONE OPALIZED CLAM

OPALIZED WOOD OPAL MATRIXOPALITEOPALIZED BONEOPALIZED CLAMOPALIZED WOOD

OPAL MATRIXOPERCULUMORBICULAR JASPERORTHOCLASE ADULARIA MOONSTONE SANIDINE SUNSTONE

PADPARADSCHAPAINITEPARACELSIANPAUA SHELLPEARLPECTOLITEPERICLASEPERIDOTPERISTERITEPERTHITEPETALITEPETOSKEY STONEPETRIFIED ALGAEPETRIFIED BARKPETRIFIED BOGPETRIFIED BONEPETRIFIED FERNPETRIFIED FRUITPETRIFIED GRASSPETRIFIED LEAFPETRIFIED NUTPETRIFIED PALMPETRIFIED ROOTPETRIFIED WOODPHENAKITEPHOSGENITEPHOSPHOPHYLLITEPIPESTONE



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PLAGIOCLASEPLASMAPLUME AGATEPOLLUCITEPORPHYRYPRASEPREHNITEPHOSOPITEPROUSTITEPUMPELLYITEPYRARGYRITEPYRITEPYROPE RHODOLITEPYROXMANGITE

QUARTZ AMETHYST AVENTURINE QUARTZ BLOODSTONE CAIRNGORM CHALCEDONY CHERT CHRYSOCOLLA CHRYSOPRASE CITRINE DUMORTIERITE QUARTZ FLINT JASPER MORION NOVACULITE PRASE ROCK CRYSTAL ROGUEITE ROSE QUARTZ RUTILATED QUARTZ SMOKY QUARTZ TIGEREYE TOURMALINATED QUARTZ

RAINBOW OBSIDIANREALGARRED BERYLRHODIZITERHODOCHROSITERHODOLITE

RHODONITE FOWLERITERHYOLITE WONDERSTONEROCK CRYSTALROGUEITEROMANECHITEROSE QUARTZROSTERITERUBELLITERUBY INAMORE RUBY KASHAN RUBYRUTILATED QUARTZRUTILE

SAGENITESAMARSKITESANDSTONESANIDINESAPPHIRE PADPARADSCHASARDSARDONYXSATIN SPARSCAPOLITESCHEELITESCHORLSCORODITESCORZALITESELENITESEPIOLITESEPTARIANSERANDITESERENDIBITESERPENTINE BOWENITE CHRYSOTILE VERDE ANTIQUE WILLIAMSITESHATTUCKITESHEEN OBSIDIANSHELL ABALONE SHELL PAUA SHELL TORTOISE SHELL


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SHELL MARBLESIDERITESILLIMANITESIMPSONITESINHALITESLATESMITHSONITESMOKY QUARTZSNOWFLAKE JADESNOWFLAKE OBSIDIANSOAPSTONESODALITESPECTROLITESPESSARTINESPHAEROCOBALTITESPHALERITESPHENE TITANITESPINEL CHLOROSPINEL GAHNOSPINEL PLEONASTESPODUMENE HIDDENITE KUNZITE TRIPHANESTAUROLITESTEATITESTIBIOTANTALITESTICHTITESTRONTIUM TITANITESUGILITESULFURSUNSTONESYENITE

TAAFFEITETALC AGALMATOLITE SOAPSTONE STEATITETANZANITETEKTITE AUSTRALITE BEDIASITE BILLITONITE

MOLDAVITETHOMSONITETHULITETHUNDEREGGTIGEREYETIGER-IRONTITANITETOPAZTOPAZOLITETORTOISE SHELLTOURMALINATED QUARTZTOURMALINE BUERGERITE DRAVITE ELBAITE ACHROITE INDICOLITE RUBELLITE VERDELITE LIDDICOATITE SCHORL UVITETRAPICHE EMERALDTRAVERTINETREMOLITETRIPHANETSAVORITETURQUOISE GILSON TURQUOISETURRITELLA AGATE

ULEXITEUNAKITEUVAROVITEUVITE

VANADINITEVARISCITEVERDE ANTIQUEVERDELITEVERDITEVESUVIANITEVIVIANITE

WAGNERITEWILLEMITE



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WILLIAMSITEWITHERITEWONDERSTONEWOOD CASTWULFENITEXENOTIME

YAG or YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET

ZINCITEZIRCONZOISITE TANZANITE THULITE



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EXOTIC WOODS


AFRICAN BROWNWOODAVODREBENGEBIRCHBOXWOODBUTTERNUTCAMPHORCHESTNUTFRUITWOODS (Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Fig, Lemon, Lime, Peach)GINGKOGUM (Black, Eucalyptus, Red, Southern)HOLLYIRONWOODKOAKORINALACEWOODLAUREL (Domestic, East Indian)LIMBAMACASSAR EBONYMAGNOLIAMAHOGANY (African, Honduras, Lauan, Tanguile)

MAKORIMANZANITAMAPLE (Birdseye, Curly, Rock, etc.)MYRTLENARRAOLIVEORIENTAL WOODPALDAOPECANPRIMAVERAQUERCAS (Ashes and Oaks)REDWOOD BURLROSEWOOD (Brazilian, Indian)SANDALWOODSAPELISATINWOODSHEMBURATEAKTIGERWOODTULIPWALNUT (African, Domestic, Indian)WILLOWYEWZEBRAWOOD


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GLOSSARY OF DISCREDITED NAMES NOT TO BE USED ON LABELS

Discredited Name Description And/Or Definition

Achirite DioptaseAdamantine Spar Silky brown sapphireAdinol A silicified porphyry or diabaseAeroides Pale sky-blue aquamarineAgaphite Vitreous variety of Persian turquoiseAgstein JetAlabaster, Oriental Calcite onyxAlalite DiopsideAlaska black diamond HematiteAlaska jade PectoliteAlexandnte Sapphire CorundumAlmandine spine! Natural violet spine!Almandite Synthetic spine!Almaschite Romanian amberAlomite SodaliteAlpine diamond PyriteAlshedite Sphene or TitaniteAlumag Synthetic spine!Amaryl Light green synthetic spine!Amazon jade Green microcline feldsparAmerican jade Califomite (Idocrase)Amethyst, Oriental CorundumAmmolite LumachelleAmourant Synthetic white sapphire, top/strontiumAnalcite AnalcimeAndesine jade Andesine feldsparAphrizite Black tourmalineApyrite Peach-colored tourmalineAquagem Light blue synthetic spine!Aquamarine, Brazilian TopazArizona ruby Pyrope garnetArizona spine GarnetArkansite Transparent brookiteArmenian stone Lapis LazuliAxe stone NephriteAztec stone SmithsoniteAzurite/Malachite Azurmalachite


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Azurlite Pale Blue chalcedonyBassite BazziteB. C. Jade Nephrite from British ColumbiaBeccarite Green ZirconBeekite Agatized coralBird’s eye quartz Jasper with colorless spherulitesBishop’s stone AmethystBlack amber JetBlack diamond HematiteBlackjack SphaleriteBlende SphaleriteBobrowka garnet Demantoid garnetBoke CitrineBruneau Jasper JasperBurmite AmberCabra stone FluoriteCalaite (Kalaite) TurquoiseCalbenite MyrickCalcite, Optical Iceland SparCalifornia tiger’s eye Chatoyant bastite (serpentine)Cambay stone Indian carnelianCanada moonstone Peristerite feldsparCateye OperculumCeragate Waxy yellow-colored chalcedonyCeylonite PleonasteChameleonite Color-change tourmalineChamplain marble Massive dolomite from VermontCherry opal Red colored common opalChicken bone jade Yellowish burned or buried jadeChinese jade JadeiteChlorophane Fluorite which fluoresces on heatingChrometourmaline ChromdraviteChrome idocrase Emerald green idocraseChromian Vesuvianite IdocraseChrysolite PeridotChrysophrase Green dyed chalcedonyChrysoquartz Green aventurine quartzCinnabar quartz Quartz with cinnabar inclusionsCinnamon stone Hessonite garnet Cleiophane SphaleriteCloud agate Agate with dark, cloud-like inclusionsCobaltocalcite (1) Sphaerocobaltite (2) Cobaltian calciteColorado jade Green microcline feldspar


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Colorado ruby Pyrope garnetColorado topaz Yellow quartzComptonite Variety of thomsoniteCopper lapis AzuriteCorsican green Serpentine-bastite with schillerCorundolite Synthetic white spinelCotterite Quartz with inclusions of white clayCreolin Brecciated jasperCreolite Red and white banded jasperCrispite Quartz or agate with green hair-like needlesCross stone (1) Staurolite twin crystals (2) Chiastolite (andalusite)Cymophane ChrysoberylDamburite Synthetic light red corundumDamourite Red tourmalineDavidsonite Yellow-green berylDemidovite Blue compact chrysocollaDesert amethyst Solarized glassDesert glass Obsidian or moldaviteDiamanite Yttrium aluminum garnet or YAGDiamondite Synthetic white sapphireDiamonte Yttrium aluminum garnet or YAGDichroite IoliteDisthene KyaniteDitroite SodaliteDynagem Strontium titanateEbonite Vulcanized India rubberEdinite PraseEgeran IdocraseEldoradoite Blue chalcedonyElixirite Banded rhyolite from New MexicoEmeraldine Dyed green chalcedonyEmeraudine DioptaseEmpirite Name for tektites found in GeorgiaEnhydros Chalcedony in agate nodules, partly filled with clear waterEpidosite EpidoteErinide Yellow-green synthetic spinelEye stone ThomsoniteFairy stone Staurolite crystal (twinned) or an imitationFalcon’s eye Silica pseudomorph of blue crocidoliteFeather gypsum Satin sparFire marble Lumachelle



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Flame spinel Orange-red natural spinelFlinder’s diamond White topazForcherite Orange-yellow opal colored by orpimentFukien jade SoapstoneGava gem Synthetic rutileGarnet jade Massive green grossular garnetGegat JetGibsonite Pink thomsoniteGibsonville emerald Greenish quartzGiguku Jade (Japanese)Giogetto Black opalGlass meteorite MoldaviteGlass opal HyaliteGlass stone AxiniteGold sapphire Lapis LazuliGoldstone Man- made aventurine glassGold topaz Golden quartzGoodletite Marble forming the matrix of rubies (Burma)Green garnet (1) Grossular (2) Tsavorite (3) UvaroviteGreen John Massive green fluoriteGreen starstone ChlorastroliteGriqualandite TigereyeGrossularite GrossularGuarnaccio Yellowish-red garnetHaida Slate ArgilliteHawaiite Peridot (Hawaii)Helenite Fused Volcanic AshHeliolite Aventurine feldsparHeliotrope Bloodstone (Quartz - Jasper)Hematine Imitation HematiteHematite garnet A synthetic iron-rich garnetHerrerite Blue and green smithsoniteHolstein Fossil woodHunan jade SoapstoneHsi jade Clear water or clear black jadeHsieh jade Ink black jade Hsiu Yen Green and white jasperHyacinth (1) Orange-brown zircon (2) Hessonite garnetHyaline Opalescent milky quartzImage stone AgalmatoliteImperial jade Fine green Chinese jadeImperial sodden snow jade White nephriteImperial topaz Sherry colored topaz


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Imperial Yu stone Green aventurine quartzInanga Grey nephriteInca stone PyriteIolanthite Banded reddish jasperItalian chrysolite IdocraseJacinth (1) Red-brown zircon (2) Hessonite garnetJadeolite Green syenite resembling jade, possibly pseudojadeiteJade transvaal Grossular garnetJargoon Colorless or pale colored zirconJasonyx Banded jasper agateJasp agate Intermediate between jasper and agateJasperine Banded jasperJaspillite Banded hematite and jasperJaspopal Intermediate jasper and opalJet stone Black tourmaline (schorl)Kahurangi Pale green translucent nephriteKawakawa Nephrite (Maori)Keeweenaw agate Agate from Lake SuperiorKeystoneite Chalcedony colored blue by chrysocollaKikukwaseki A radial aggregate of Zircon and xenotime (chrysanthemum stone)Kimpi Red or brown jadeiteKingfisher jade Bluish-green jadeiteKing topaz Natural yellow sapphireKinradite Orbicular jasperKorea jade Bowenite Labrador moonstone LabradoriteLake Superior greenstone PumpellyiteLapis crucifer Staurolite crystalsLat yay Clouded jadeiteLavendrine Amethyst quartzLavulite SugiliteLeuco-sapphire Colorless sapphireLinde simulated diamond Yttrium aluminum garnet or YAGLintonite Variety of thomsoniteLithoxyle (Lithoxylite) Opalized woodLitoslazule Massive purple fluoriteLucinite VarisciteLusterite Synthetic rutileLustigem Strontium titanateLux sapphire IoliteMagalux Synthetic spinelMalacon Glassy brown variety of zircon


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Manchurian jade SoapstoneManganese spar RhodochrositeMan Yu Jade of blood red colorMaxixe aquamarine Boron-rich blue aquamarine (easily fades) Mayaite (1) Diopside (2) JadeiteMelichrysos Yellow zirconMenilite Banded grey and brown common opalMexican onyx Stalagmitic calciteMogok diamond White topazMolochites Green jasperMoro Blood red coral (Japanese)Moroxite Greenish-blue apatiteMuller’s glass HyaliteMussite DiopsideNeedle stone Rutilated quartzNevada turquoise VarisciteNew Zealand greenstone NephriteNiccolite NickelineNight emerald PeridotNigrine Black rutileOazkite ThomsoniteOccidental topaz Citrine Octahedrite AnataseOnegite Amethyst with needle-like inclusionsOregon jade Dark green jasperOriental alabaster Stalagmitic calciteOriental almandine Purple-red sapphireOriental cat’s eye (1) Girasol sapphire (2) Chrysoberyl cat’s eyeOrletz Russian name for rhodoliteOx-eye Labradorite feldsparPacific cat’s eye OperculumPagoda stone (Pagodite) (1) Agalmatolite (2) Fossil limestone (3) Translucent agate with pagoda-like markingsPai Yu (Pao Yu) White jadeite or nephritePantha White translucent jadeitePaulite Nearly black hypersthene with coppery inclusionsPeacock stone MalachitePectolite jade PectolitePeganite VariscitePeiking (Pekin) Any true jade but usually nephritePelhamine Precious serpentinePeredell topaz Greenish topaz



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Picotite Black spinelPicrolite SerpentinePin fire opal Fire opalPistacite EpidotePi Yu Jadeite or nephrite with a vegetable green colorPolypant stone DiabasePomegranate Red spinelPoppy stone Orbicular jasperPotch Miners term for Opal without play of colorPrasemalachite Chalcedony filled with malachitePseudochrysolite MoldavitePsilomelane RomanechitePudding stone jade Lighter colored nodules of nephrite cemented by darker materialPyralmandite Name suggested for the intermediate garnet of the Py/Al seriesPyrandine Alternative to Pyralmandite Pyroemerald Green fluoriteQuartz topaz CitrineQuincite (Quinzite) (1) Pink sepiolite (2) Pink common opalRadient Synthetic white spinelRadium diamond Smoky quartzRaspberry spar RhodochrositeRetinalite Honey yellow serpentineRiband agate Banded agateRiband (Ribbon) jasper Jasper with stripes of alternating colorRicolite Banded serpentineRomanzovite Dark brown grossular garnetRosaline (1) Thulite (2) Deep pink synthetic sapphireRose garnet Pink grossularRoseki AgalmatoliteRose kunzite Synthetic pink sapphireRoselite (Rosolite) (1) Pink grossular (2) Arsenate mineralRose moonstone Pink scapoliteRothoffite Yellow to brown andradite garnetRoyal Azel SugiliteRoyal Lavulite SugiliteRozircon Pink synthetic spinelRubasse Quartz colored red by scales of iron oxideRubicelle Orange-red spinelRuby balas Red spinelRuby spinel Red spinel



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Sabalite Banded green varisciteSafirina Blue spinel or blue quartzSalamanca topaz Fiery colored citrineSang-i-yeshan Dark green boweniteSaphir’d’eau IoliteSapphire quartz Blue chalcedony, also blue silicified crocidoliteSapphire spinel Blue spinelSapphirine Correct for a non-gem Mg, Al silicate material Also used for: (1) Blue chalcedony (2) Blue spinel (3) Blue glassSardium Artificially colored sardSatelite Fibrous serpentineSaxon chrysolite TopazSaxon diamond Topaz Saxon topaz Yellow quartzSchiller spar FeldsparSchmelze GlassSchnide Blue glassy common opalScotch (Scottish) topaz CairngormShanghai jade Steatite or talcSiberian chrysolite Demantoid garnetSiberian ruby Red tourmalineSiliciophite Chrysotile in common opalSilver peak jade MalachiteSlocum stone Man-made faux opalSmaragdite Green zoisiteSmaragdolin Green glassSmoky topaz Smoky quartzSoochow jade SerpentineSorella Strontium titanateSouth African jade GrossularSpalmandite (Spandite) Names suggested for intermediate almandine-spessartine garnetSparklite Colorless zircon Spinach jade NephriteSpinel ruby Red spinelStarlite Blue zirconStarolite Star rose quartz doubletStar-tania Synthetic rutileStar topaz Yellow star sapphireSt. Helenite Fused Volcanic AshSt. Helen’s Emerald Fused Volcanic AshStongite Synthetic spinel

Stremlite Blue zircon


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Styrian jade SerpentineSuccinite AmberSugar stone Pink datoliteSyntholite Synthetic corundum imitating alexandriteSyriam (Syrian or Suriam) garnet Almandine garnetTaltalite Green toumalineTama JadeTangiwa (Tangite) BoweniteTania-59 Synthetic rutile Tauridian topaz Blue topazTawmawite Massive chrome-rich epidoteTaxoite Green serpentineTibet stone Mixture of aventurine quartz and quartz porphyry (Eosite)Tigerite TigereyeTirum gem Synthetic rutileTitangem Synthetic rutileTitania brilliante Snythetic rutileTitania midnight stone Synthetic rutileTitanium Synthetic rutileTitanstone Synthetic rutileTomb jade JadeTopaz cat’s eye Chatoyant yellow sapphireTopaz quartz Brownish-yellow quartzTopaz saffronite Brownish-yellow quartzTosa coral CoralTourmaline green Synthetic dark green spinelTrainite A type of banded varisciteTraversellite Green diopsideTriamond Yttrium aluminum garnet or YAGTurkey fat ore Cadmium-colored yellow smithsoniteTurquois TurquoiseTurtle back (1) Pumpellyite (2) Turquoise or variscite matrixUigite PumpellyiteUltralite Red-violet synthetic sapphireUnionite Pink zoisite (thulite)Ural chrysolite (emerald Demantoid garnet or olivine)Uralian sapphire Blue tourmalineUtah turquoise VarisciteUtahlite VarisciteVabanite Brown-red jasper specked with yellow


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Variolite Dark green orthoclase with lighter colored globulesBermeil or Vermeille Orange-red stones, may be garnets, spinels or zirconsVermilite Cinnabar in opalVictoria stone A type of glass Vienna (Viennese) turquoise A turquoise imitation


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Vienna (Viennese) turquoise A turquoise imatationViluite Idocrase Vinegar Spinel Yellowish-orange spinelViolan (e) Violet massive diopsideViolet stone IoliteViolite Purple synthetic saphireVolcanic chrysolite IdocraseWater sapphire IoliteWater stone Glassy orthoclase or hyalite opalWellington Strontium titaniteWhite jade GrossularWilconite Purlish-red scapoliteWilsonite Purlish-red scapoliteWiluite IdocraseWinchellite ThomsiteWolf’s eye (1) Moonstone (2) TigereyeXihuitl TurqooiseXyloid jasper Petrified woodXylopal Opalized woodYanolite Violet AxiniteYaqui onyx Calcite onyxYui ko lu jade Jade (colored green from bronze objects buried near it)Yu Yen Stone A massive greenish-grey serpentineZaba gem Synthetic rutileZarafina Blue Spinel or blue chalcedonyZebra stone (Jasper) (1) Vari-colored blue and green tigereye (2) Limonite with lighter brown layers of shell material

Zeuxite Green tourmalineZircolite Synthetic white saphireZircon spinel Synthetic pale blue spinelZirctone Synthetic Blueish-green saphireZonite Chert or jasperZonochlorite Pumpellite

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