List of Gemstones

List of Gemstones

From the List of Gemstones on this page, each of the gemstone's color family and gemstone family are described:

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Color Family	Gemstone	Gemstone Family
Red gemstones from red to shades of pink	Ruby: bluish red to orange-red	Corundum
	Garnet: several red color varieties
	Pyrope: brownish red to red	Garnet
	Almandine: violet to pure red	Garnet
	Rhodolite: red to violet	Garnet
	Malaya: brownish red to ornage-red	Garnet
	Spinel: red to brownish red and pink	Spinel
	Pink Sapphire: pinkish red	Corundum
	Zircon: brownish red to deep, dark red	Zircon
	Rubellite: red to violet-red and pink	Tourmaline
	Morganite: pink to orange pink	Beryl
	Kunzite: violet-pink to pink-violet	Spodumene
	Topaz: pink to violet-pink	Topaz
	Red "Emerald": red to bluish red to orange-red	Beryl
	Pink Tourmaline: all shades of pink	Tourmaline
Orange gemstones	Padparadsha sapphire: pinkish orange	Corundum

	Topaz: brownish orange and yellow orange	Topaz

	Spinel: brown to orange	Spinel
	Zircon: orange to golden brown	Zircon

	Garnet: a couple of orange varieties

	Hessonite: orange yellow brown	Garnet

	Malaya: a pink orange to brownish red	Garnet

	Spessartite (Mandarin): yellow orange to red orange	Garnet

	Tourmaline: orange-brown, yellow-orange	Tourmaline

	Morganite: pale orange to orange pink	Beryl
Yellow gemstones	Sapphire: yellow	Corundum

	Beryl: golden yellow	Beryl

	Chrysoberyl: yellow, yellow-green, yellow-brown	Chrysoberyl

	Citrine: yellow, to yellow-brown	Quartz

	Topaz: orange-yellow, to sherry yellow	Topaz

	Tourmaline: yellow to greenish yellow, to brownish to orange-yellow	Tourmaline

	Grossularite: yellow to greenish yellow, to brownish to yellow	Garnet

	Andradite: honey yellow, to green-yellow	Garnet

	Zircon: yellow, to yellow-brown	Zircon
Green gemstones	Emerald: yellowish green to bluish green	Beryl

	Tourmaline: several green colored varieties

	Verdelite: all shades of green	Tourmaline

	Chrome: rich green to slightly yellow-green	Tourmaline

	Paraiba: light to deep green to blue-green shades of green	Tourmaline

	Peridot: yellow green to green	Peridot

	Zircon: green to yellow-green to gray-green	Zircon

	Alexandrite: daylight:bluish to blue green; artificial light: violet-red	Chrysoberyl

	Sapphire: yellow green to blue-green to gray-green	Corundum

	Garnet: a couple of greensih varieties: Demantoid: yellow-green to emerald green green	Garnet

	Tsavorite: yellowish green to bluish green	Garnet
Blue gemstones	Sapphire: cornflower blue to greenish blue to inky blue	Corundum

	Tanzanite: violet blue	Zoisite

	Spinel: gray-blue, greenish blue, true pastel blue	Spinel

	Aquamarine: light pastel or deep pastel blue	Beryl

	Topaz: light pastel to deep pastel blue to blue-green	Topaz

	Zircon: pastel blue	Zircon

	Water sapphire: violet blue	Iolite

	Tourmaline: a couple of blue colors varieties	Tourmaline
Violet gemstones	Amethyst: lilac to violet to reddish purple to brownish purple	Quartz

	Sapphire: lilac to to purple to violet	Corundum

	Rhodolite: red-violet, to violet red	Garnet

	Spinel: grayish violetto pure purple	Spinel

	Morganite: pinkish lavender to lavender	Beryl

	Tourmaline: light lilac to deep purple	Tourmaline

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From the List of Gemstones, Does the Gem Have Cachet?

Many people use the term "GEM" to describe all kinds of stones, but many stones on the List of Gemstones are Not true Gems.

Even within the precious three gemstones, Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, we find stones that are not true Gems.

A true Gem must possess unusual Beauty, Durability, Rarity, and above everything else, a true gem has something extra; this quality that's hard to put your finger on. The closest word (I've found) to describe this quality is called "Cachet".

It’s not just studying a gemstone for factual and technical analysis. Surfaces, textures, and the feel of the Gem are just as important as technical efficiency.

But it's a quality called "Cachet" that brings a Gemstone or Natural Pearl down from the world of our dreams, and make us yearn to possess it.

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