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red pyrope garnet stone cut on a neutral background to illustrate pyrope garnet

Pyrope garnet: Properties, Uses and Virtues

rough quartz ghost stone showing its texture as a rolled stone on a natural background to illustrate quartz ghosts

Quartz: Properties, Uses and Virtues

Red ruby gemstone filled with red to pink glass cut stone on neutral background to illustrate ruby imitations. Made by

Red beryl: Properties, Uses and Virtues

three red jasper stones on a black background to illustrate red jasper

Red Jasper: Properties, Uses and Virtues

Block of exposed pinkish-red rhodochrosite crystals showing ordered shapes made of straight lines and angles that show a crystalline structure. Its color is transparent to translucent and it's on a piece of rock.

Rhodochrosite: Properties, Uses and Virtues

rhodolite garnet stone cut on neutral background to illustrate rhodolite garnet

Rhodolite: Properties, Uses and Benefits

bear carved in translucent pink rhodonite on creamy white block to illustrate rhodonite

Rhodonite: Properties, Use and Virtues

rough quartz ghost stone showing its texture as a rolled stone on a natural background to illustrate quartz ghosts

Rock Crystal: Properties, Uses and Virtues

polished pink quartz cube on neutral background to illustrate a pink stone

Rose Quartz: Properties, Uses and Virtues

Synthetic ruby stone in red to pink cut stone on neutral background to illustrate ruby

Ruby: Properties, Uses and Virtues

blue sapphire stone on neutral background held by tweezers (gemmological tweezers) to illustrate a blue stone. this is one of the most common treatments

Sapphire: Properties, Uses and Virtues

Sardonyx blue red and white as flat stone on a neutral background to illustrate the sardonyx

Sardonyx: Properties, uses and virtues

rough yellow scapolite stone on neutral background to illustrate a yellow stone

Scapolite: Properties, Uses and Virtues

Smoky quartz stone in transparent brown polished bead on neutral background to illustrate smoky quartz

Smoky Quartz: Properties, Uses and Benefits

blue and white sodalite cabochon on neutral background to illustrate lapis lazuli imitations

Sodalite: Properties, Use and Virtues

Spessartite garnet: Properties, Uses and Virtues

Spessartite garnet: Properties, Uses and Virtues

Green-brown sphene or titanite crystal showing its distinctive edges and attached to its parent rock

Sphene (titanite): Properties, Uses and Virtues

synthetic spinel blue stone on a neutral background to illustrate a blue stone

Spinel: Properties, Uses and Virtues

pink elbaite tourmaline stone cut on a neutral background to illustrate the tourmaline

Spodumene: Properties, Uses and Virtues

tanzanite stone rolled on a neutral background to illustrate tanzanite zoisite

Tanzanite: Properties, Uses and Virtues