A-Z Gems & Minerals w/ Images

[SusanLR]

Yttroflourite

 

[Spotty01]

And zoisite with some ruby in it!

 

[SusanLR]

We made it through the alphabet again. Yay.
How about a What's your favourite Gemstone?

 

[Spotty01]

We made it through the alphabet again. Yay.
How about a What's your favourite Gemstone?

Malachite. Definitely malachite.
Howlite and lapis lazuli are close second and thirds.

 

[SusanLR]

Amythest cathedral towers. Always wanted one large enough to sit in. These would do the trick. Dream on...

 

[Spotty01]

Whoa, never seen an amethyst geode that big before. It looks really cool!

Assuming we're going through the alphabet again, this is bixbite. It's a red form of beryl, sometimes called "red emerald" because emerald is the same thing pretty much, just green.

 

[SusanLR]

Yes, amethyst is my favourite.
Think we'll make it through again?
Calcite- tri coloured second favourite.

 

[Spotty01]

Yes, amethyst is my favourite.

I don't really care for them on their own, but I've always loved the geodes. The local shop I get most of my gemstones from has a lot of amethyst geodes, but most of them are $1k or more.

Think we'll make it through again?

Dunno, we might. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

Demantoid garnet... in a pretty ring. For the record, it seems to be surrounded by diamonds, which are another gemstone that starts with 'D' (surprising, I know /sarcasm).

 

[SusanLR]

Really pretty ring.
E- Ekanite Naturally radioactive.

 

[SusanLR]

oops..Ekanite was in second round. Ekanite of a different colour is still Ekanite.
Epidote-- mixed with quartz inclusions. Pretty.

 

[Spotty01]

Feldspar

 

[Datura]

Okay I know this is lazy, but...

Gold

 

[SusanLR]

Hematite. Another favourite.

 

[Spotty01]

Idocrase. Looks similar to peridot (another favorite of mine), IMO.

 

[SusanLR]

Jasper. I liked this picture of it. Looks like a planet.

 

[Spotty01]

Kunzite, a pink form of spodumene. I love that colour, and it looks a lot like taeffeite IMO.

 

[SusanLR]

Leucophoenicite

 

[Spotty01]

Mystic quartz. It's not natural, at least not entirely; it's created by adding a permanent coating to clear quartz that gives it that brightly colored rainbow.

 

[Butterfly88]

Nalivkinite

 

[Spotty01]

(Red) Onyx.