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Agate

Agates come in an amazing variety of colors and patterns. It has unique banding that differentiates the various types of agates.

Amazonite

Amazonite is a rare, green variety of microcline feldspar. This semi-opaque blue-green variety is named after the Amazon River.

Amber

Amber is the fossilized resin of trees. It can contain inclusions such as insects, moss, lichen or pine needles.

Amethyst

Amethyst is a crystalline quartz in shades of purple, lilac, or mauve.

Ametrine

Ametrine is a combinaton of amethyst and citrine crystals which are often cut into faceted shapes and beads.

Angelite

Angelite is also known as Blue Anhydrite. It is seen in shades of colors like blue, lilac and violet.

Apatite

Transparent to opaque, Apatite occurs as colorless, yellow, blue, violet, or green hexigonal prisms or tabular crystals.

Aquamarine

Aquamarine is a beryl stone and comes in colors from sky blue to dark blue as well as sea green colors.

Aventurine

Aventurine is a form of quartz, characterised by its translucency and inclusions that give a shimmering or glistening effect.

Bargains

Bargains in the semi-precious stone category

Bronzite

Bronzite is a greenish-brown variety of Hypersthene which has bronze-like luster.

Carnelian

Carnelian is a translucent, reddish orange variety of Chalcedony which may be uniformly colored or faintly banded.

Chalcedony

Chalcedony comes in a wide variety of colors which can be banded or not. It can be carved into beads, shapes, or cabochons. It a highly popular gemstone and is avidly collected.

Charoite

Charoite is a beautiful purple gemstone that comes in hues from lilac to deep purple. It is highly prized by collectors due to it's regal coloring.

Chrysocolla

Chrysocolla usually occurs as a bright green or bluish colored crystals which are often intergrown with copper ore, quartz, or opal. It is generally carved in to beads or cabochons.

Chrysoprase

Chrysoprase is an apple green, translucent stone which can be carved in to beads, cameos, or cabochons.

Citrine

Citrine is a yellow or golden yellow variety of Quartz. It is often carved into faceted gemstones, beads, and cabs.

Coral

Coral is the skeletal remains of marine animals which lived in colonies that formed branching stuctures as they grew, eventually forming coral reefs and atolls. Coral comes in a varierty of colors including red, pink, white,blue, black and golden colors.R

Cubic Zirconia

Diamond

Diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth, and this, combined with its exceptional luster and brilliant fire, has made it the most highly prized of all gems. Pure colorless diamonds are the most popular, but diamonds comes in yellow, brown, green, pink, blu

Dino Bone

Dumortierite

Dumortierite comes in a variety of colors including violet, blue, reddish brown and red varieties. It can be carved into beads cameos, and other decorative products.

Emerald

Emerald has a hexagonal crystalline structure and is a beautiful, translucent, green color. It can be faceted into gemstones or carved into beads, cameos and even intaglios.

Eudialite

Fire Agate

Fire Agates are either solid colored, or have bands and dendritic inclusions. The distinctive iridescent colors of Fire Agate are caused by layers of iron oxide within quartz. It can be carved into beads, cabs, and cameos, or it can be faceted into gem st

Flourite

Flourite comes in a wide range of colors including yellow, blue, pink, purple and green. It has a cubic structure and is often faceted in to gemstones.

Garnet

Garnet is a popular gemstone that comes in a variety of colors from deep red, dark orange, green or pink. Garnet can be faceted or carved into cabs and beads.

Gaspeite

Gaspeite is a beautiful, green stone that is usually carved into beads or cabochons.

Goldstone/Bluestone

Goldtone is a lovely, sparkly gemstone that is very popular.

Hematite

Hematite is an opaque material with a metallic luster. It can also occur as short black rhombohedral cryatls with irridecent surfaces. It can be carved into cabs, cameos and beads.

Hessonite Garnet

Hessonite Garnet occurs in a very wide range of colors, from colorless to black, all with swirls of incusions.

Iolite

Iolite is called the water sapphire because if its similarity to blue sapphire when cut and faceted into gemstones. It can also be carved into beads and cabs

Jade

Jade is a tough, fine-grained gemstone suitable for carving. It comes in a wide range of colors including green, lilac, white, pink, brown, red, blue, back, orange and yellow. The color most prized variety is imperial jade which is an emerald color.

Jasper

Jet

Jet was formed from the remains of wood immersed in stagnant water millions of years ago, then compacted and fossilized by the pressures of burial.

Kambaba Jasper

Kunzite

Kyanite

A bluish-green to colorless triclinic mineral.

Labradorite

Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli is a blue stone made up of several different minerals including lazurite, sodalite, hauyne, calcite and pyrite

Larimar

Lava Rock