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2. Moonstone (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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   Moonstone (gemstone) Moonstone is a sodium potassium aluminium silicate ( (Na,K)AlSi 3 O 8) of the feldspar group that displays a pearly and opalescent schiller. [1][2] An alternative name for moonstone is hecatolite[2] (from goddess Hecate).

3. Morganite (gem) - Wikipedia

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   Morganite (gem) Morganite is an orange or pink variety of beryl and is also a gemstone. [2] Morganite is mined in Brazil, Afghanistan, Mozambique, Namibia, the United States, and Madagascar. [3] Morganite has grown in popularity since 2010. [2] Brides and CNN have listed it as a possible alternative to diamond for engagement rings. [4][5]

4. Aventurine - Wikipedia

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   Aventurine. Aventurine is used for a number of applications, including landscape stone, building stone, aquaria, monuments, and jewelry. Aventurine is a form of quartzite, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give it a shimmering or glistening effect termed aventurescence.

5. Orthoclase - Wikipedia

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   Orthoclase, or orthoclase feldspar (endmember formula K Al Si 3 O 8), is an important tectosilicate mineral which forms igneous rock. The name is from the Ancient Greek for "straight fracture", because its two cleavage planes are at right angles to each other. It is a type of potassium feldspar, also known as K-feldspar.

6. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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   In 1986, California named benitoite as its state gemstone, a form of the mineral barium titanium silicate that is unique to the Golden State and only found in gem quality in San Benito County. [ 80 ] ^ Colorado is the only state whose geological symbols reflect the national flag's colors: red (rhodochrosite), white (yule marble), and blue ...

7. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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   Gemstone. Group of precious and semiprecious stones—both uncut and faceted—including (clockwise from top left) diamond, uncut synthetic sapphire, ruby, uncut emerald, and amethyst crystal cluster. A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or ...

8. Gems of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located ...

9. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of gemstones, organized by species and types. Minerals. There are over 300 types of minerals that have been used as gemstones. Such as: A–B