1. 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?????????

3. SO…. How many gemstones do you think there are?

4. 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), ……

5. 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?

6. 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…

7. AGATE
AMBER

8. AMETHYST AMMOLITE

9. AQUAMARINE BERYL

10. EMERALD GARNET

11. JADEITE

12. LAPIS LAZULI LARIMAR

13. MALACHITE ONXY

14. OPAL PEARLS

15. PERIDOT PSILOMELANE

16. RUBY SPINEL

17. SAPPHIRE
SUNSTONE TANZANITE

18. THUNDER EGG TIGER EYE
VERDITE

19. Check out the gemstones on the side counter that I have collected in my travels…….