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2. Garnet - Wikipedia

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   For gem identification purposes, a pick-up response to a strong neodymium magnet separates garnet from all other natural transparent gemstones commonly used in the jewelry trade. Magnetic susceptibility measurements in conjunction with refractive index can be used to distinguish garnet species and varieties, and determine the composition of ...

3. Carbuncle (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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   A polished almandine stone . Carbuncle (/ ˈ k ɑːr b ʌ ŋ k əl /) is another name for a deep red almandine gemstone that has been cut with a smooth, convex face in a method called cabochon. [1] Traditionally, the term referred to any red gemstone, most often a red garnet. [2] Carbuncles and their chimeras have spanned three millennia.

4. Gemstone Meanings: Power and Significance of the 25 Most ...

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   Before buying any old gem, though, keep reading to uncover the 25 most popular gemstones—and their meanings. Agate “Agate is earthy, warm and rich,” Salzer says, noting that it exists in ...

5. Rhodolite - Wikipedia

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   Rhodolite garnets appear as transparent red-pink-purplish gemstones, including all the different colour shades between violet and red. The colors from different rhodolite sources may vary from a lavender pink to raspberry rose or raspberry red and from purplish-violet (grape) to purplish red.

6. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of gemstones, organized by species and types. Minerals ... Garnet group: Pyralspite. Almandine; Pyrope; ... Eilat stone; Epidosite; Glimmerite ...

7. Tsavorite - Wikipedia

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   No other occurrences of gem material have yet been discovered. [6] Rare in gem-quality over several carats (1 carat = 200 mg), tsavorite has been found in larger sizes. In late 2006, a 925-carat (185.0 g) crystal was discovered. It yielded an oval mixed-cut 325 carat (65 g) stone, one of the largest, if not the largest, faceted tsavorites in ...