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2. Citrine (colour) - Wikipedia

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   Citrine / ˈ s ɪ t r iː n / is a colour, the most common reference for which is certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as yellow, greenish-yellow, brownish yellow or orange. [2] The original reference point for the citrine colour was the citron fruit.

3. Citrine (quartz) - Wikipedia

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   Amethyst loses its natural violet color when heated to above 200-300°C and turns a color that resembles natural citrine, but is often more reddish or brownish. [9] Unlike natural citrine, the color of heat-treated amethyst is known to come exclusively from trace amounts of iron oxides, specifically hematite and goethite. This iron was present ...

4. Quartz - Wikipedia

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   Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral and compositionally as an oxide mineral. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, behind feldspar. [9] Quartz exists in two forms, the normal α-quartz and the high-temperature β-quartz, both of which are chiral. The transformation ...

5. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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   Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...

6. List of names derived from gemstones - Wikipedia

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   Given name Amethyst: Amethyst (given name) Given name Azurite: Azura (given name) Given name Beryl: Beryl (given name) Given name Heliodor Given name / surname It is a given and surname. [2] [3] Heliodor is a specimen of the mineral Beryl. Heliodor has a yellow, greenish yellow, or golden-yellow color. The given name has a Czech-Slovak origin ...

7. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of gemstones, organized by species and types. Minerals ... Metal-coated crystals hyped as rainbow quartz; Lab spinel; ... Color (beta) Automatic. Light.

8. Heliotrope (mineral) - Wikipedia

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   Other colors of chalcedony may also occur in Indian bloodstone, such as white, yellow, or blue. This semiprecious stone should not be confused with other ornamental stones that contain red jasper. Setonite, also called African bloodstone, is composed of red jasper, grey chalcedony, and pyrite .

9. Jasper - Wikipedia

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   Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, [1] [2] is an opaque, [3] impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to iron(III) inclusions. Jasper breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as ...