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2. Tourmaline - Wikipedia

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   A handheld neodymium magnet can be used to identify or separate some types of tourmaline gems from others. For example, blue indicolite tourmaline is the only blue gemstone of any kind that will show a drag response when a neodymium magnet is applied. Any blue tourmaline that is diamagnetic can be identified as paraiba tourmaline colored by ...

3. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of gemstones, organized by species and types. ... Gemstones by Cally Hall, ... Light. Dark. This page is always in light mode. ...

4. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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   Varieties that are not valid species: Sapphire (gem corundum of any color except red, especially blue varieties) Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz) Satinspar (a variety of gypsum) Selenite (a variety of gypsum) Simetite (a variety of amber) Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz) Soda niter (synonym of nitratine) Spectrolite (a ...

5. Sapphire - Wikipedia

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   Sapphire is one of the two gem-varieties of corundum, the other being ruby (defined as corundum in a shade of red). Although blue is the best-known sapphire color, it occurs in other colors, including gray and black, and also can be colorless. A pinkish orange variety of sapphire is called padparadscha.

6. Elbaite - Wikipedia

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   Light blue to bluish green: Brazilian indicolite variety (from indigo) Green: Brazilian verdelite variety (from emerald) Watermelon tourmaline is a zoned variety with a reddish center surrounded by a green outer zone resembling watermelon rind, evident in cross-sectional slices of prisms, often displaying curved sides.

7. Sapphire (color) - Wikipedia

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   The 423-carat (85 g) blue Logan Sapphire. Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gemstone of the same name. Sapphire gems most commonly occur in a range of blue shades, although they can come in many different colors. Other names for variations of the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue, shown below.