The following is a list of Benitoite gems and minerals listed in our database. Click the pictures to get full data, click the X to remove the gem from the list.
Benitoite: Benitoite is a rare gemstone / mineral that fluoresces when lit by black lights. It gets its name from San Benito County, California where it was first found. This gem is almost always blue (it was originally thought to be a sapphire) but also has variations in purple, pink, and clear. Gem prices seem to fluctuate but a few hundred dollars per half ct is common. Why so expensive? The quality gem (read full)
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Amblygonite is a not so popular gem whose greek name means crooked. It comes in green, clear, yellow, and even purple. Older cut specim
Kyanite is an aluminum silicate that occurs as elongated and tabular in groups of light-blue crystals darker toward the center, or flat
In fact Diamond is the only gem material comprised of a single chemical element: pure carbon, like graphite. But the atoms in diamond h
Cerussite is a colorless carbonate of the aragonite mineralogical classification. It appears as colorless or white crystals with grayis