Gems!!!!!! Before we get started: Find two other people and list as many gemstones as you can Can you name 10? 20? 30? 40? 50? 60?????????
SO…. How many gemstones do you think there are?
Here’s a list of all the gems that I could come up with Amber, Ammolite, Argillite, Benitoite, Beryl, Aquamarine, (Goshenite, Helidor, Rosterite, Morganite, Vorobyevite, Bazzite), Charoite, Dallasite, Man-made Diamonds (cubic zirconia, phianite, CZX, Yag, Titania, Fabulite, Yalo, Linobate), Real Diamonds, Emerald, Opal, Garnet, Jadeite, Nephrite, Lapis Lazuli, Libyan Desert Glass, Pearls, Peridot (Olivine), ……
Crystal Quartz: Amethyst, Citrine, Smoky Quartz, Rose Quartz, Rutilated Quartz, Chalcedony, Agate, Onyx, Iris Agate, Sagenite Agate, Sard, Carnelian, Moss Agate, Chrysoprase, Plasma, Phrase, Helitrope, Bloodstone, Chert, Flint, Agate Geode, Thunder Egg, Opal, Jasper And other gems (cont.): Ruby, Rhodonite, Sapphire (Corundum), Spinel, Oregon Sunstone (heliolite), Taaffeite, Tanzanite, Tektites, Tigereye, Tugtupite, Hackmanite, Catlinite, Sugilite,….Are we done?.......
Chicken-Blood Stone, Eilat Stone, Verdite, Thomsonite, Chlorastrolite, Larimar (Pectolite), Wenshih (Veined Stone), Malachite, Rhodochrosite, Psilomelane, and probably more I haven’t listed Check out some pictures of some gems…
AGATE AMBER
AMETHYST AMMOLITE
AQUAMARINE BERYL
EMERALD GARNET
JADEITE
LAPIS LAZULI LARIMAR
MALACHITE ONXY
OPAL PEARLS
PERIDOT PSILOMELANE
RUBY SPINEL
SAPPHIRE SUNSTONE TANZANITE
THUNDER EGG TIGER EYE VERDITE
Check out the gemstones on the side counter that I have collected in my travels…….