List of gemstone species

Minerals

There are over 130 types of minerals that have been used as gemstones. These include:

A-B

Actinolite Nephrite Adamite Aegerine Afghanite Agardite Ajoite Albite Alunite Ametrine Analcime Anatase Andalusite Andesine Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Annabergite Anthophyllite Antigorite Bowenite Antlerite Apophyllite

Aragonite Astrophyllite Atacamite Augite Aurichalcite Austinite Axinite Group Ferroaxinite Magnesioaxinite Manganaxinite Tinzenite Azurite Baryte (a.k.a. barite) Bayldonite Benitoite Beryl Aquamarine Bixbite Emerald Goshenite Heliodor Morganite

Beudantite Biotite Boleite Boracite Bornite Botallackite Botryogen Brazilianite Brochantite Bronzite Brookite Brucite Bytownite

C - F

Cacoxenite Calcite Alabaster Manganoan calcite Carletonite Carminite Carnallite Carnelian Cassiterite Caledonite Cavansite Celestite (a.k.a. celestine) Cerussite Chalcopyrite Chambersite Charoite Chloromelanite Chondrodite Chrysoberyl Alexandrite Cymophane (Cat's eye) Chrysocolla

Chrysotile Cinnabar Citrine Clinochlore Clinohumite Clinozoisite Clintonite Conichalcite Cordierite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Creedite Cummingtonite Cuprite Danburite Datolite Diaboleite Diamond Diaspore

Diopside Dioptase Dolomite Dravite Dumortierite Elbaite Enstatite Epidote Erythrite Esperite Fayalite Ferroaxinite Feldspar Amazonite Labradorite Orthoclase Moonstone (gemstone) Sunstone Fluorapatite Fluorapophyllite Fluorite Forsterite

G - L

Garnet Group: Almandine Andradite Grossular Hessonite Tsavorite Pyrope Spessartine Uvarovite Garnierite Gibbsite Glaucophane Goethite Grandidierite Gypsum Alabaster

Halite Hambergite Hanksite Hardystonite Hauyne Hematite Kidney Ore Hemimorphite Hibonite Hiddenite Humite Jade Jadeite Nephrite Jarosite Jasper Mookaite

Jeremejevite Kainite Kimberlite Kornerupine Kunzite Kutnohorite Kyanite Lammerite Langbeinite Langite Lawsonite Lazurite Leadhillite Legrandite Lepidolite Leucophanite Linarite Londonite

M - Q

Magnesite Malachite Melanterite Mendipite Mimetite Moissanite Muscovite Musgravite Natrophilite Nepheline (var. elaeolite) Nimite Normandite Olenite Olivine Olivenite Opal Pantellerite Papagoite Pargasite Pectolite Larimar

Peridot Petalite (a.k.a. castorite) Pezzottaite Pharmacosiderite Phlogopite Phosgenite Pietersite Pimelite Plancheite Plumbogummite Pollucite Polyhalite Posnjakite Poudretteite Prehnite Proustite Pumpellyite Chlorastrolite Purpurite Pyrite Pyromorphite Pyrrhotite

Quartz Amethyst Ametrine Citrine Druzy Lechatelierite Milky Rose Smoky Tiger's-eye Chalcedony Agate Flint

R - Z

Raspite Rhodizite Rhodochrosite Riebeckite Crocidolite Rosasite Rossmanite Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Schorlomite Scolecite Scorodite Selenite Sérandite Seraphinite Serendibite Serpentite Shattuckite Shigaite Siderite Smithsonite Sodalite Spessartine (a.k.a. spessartite) Spherocobaltite

Spinel Ceylonite Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Stichtite Stishovite Stilbite Sulphur Stolzite Strengite Sugilite Susannite Sylvite Taaffeite Talc Tantalite Thomsonite Tinaksite Titanite (a.k.a. sphene) Topaz Tourmaline Rubellite Tremolite Tschermakite

Tugtupite Turquoise Tusionite Tyrolite Vanadinite Variscite Vauxite Vermiculite Vesuvianite (a.k.a idocrase) Californite Villiaumite Wakefieldite Wavellite Weloganite Wolfenite Xenotime Zektzerite Zeolite (thomsonite) Zincite Zinnwaldite Zircon Jacinth Zoisite Tanzanite Thulite

Artificial and synthetic

Artificial or synthetic materials used as gems include:

• Bubblegram
• Synthetic corundum
• Synthetic cubic zirconia
• Synthetic spinel
• Synthetic moissanite
• Synthetic alexandrite
• Helenite
• Synthetic opal
• Synthetic turquoise
• Synthetic diamond
• Synthetic quartz
  • Trinitite
  • Metal-coated crystals
• Synthetic beryl
• Yttrium aluminium garnet

Organic

There are a number of organic materials used as gems, including:

• Amber
  • Blue Amber
• Ammolite
• Bone
• Copal
• Coral
• Ivory
• Jet
• Nacre (Mother of pearl)
• Pearl
• Petoskey stone

Rocks

There are a number of rocks used as gems, including:

• Anyolite
• Bauxite
• Eilat stone
• Epidosite
• Iddingsite
• Lapis lazuli
• Maw sit sit
• Obsidian
  • Apache tears
• Pallasite
• Peridotite (a.k.a. olivinite)
• Steatite (a.k.a. soapstone)
• Tactite
• Unakite