The following is a list of Multicolored gems and minerals listed in our database. Click the pictures to get full data, click the X to remove the gem from the list.
Jasper Chalcedony: Jasper is the opaque form of Chalcedony, the microcrystalline varieties of quartz that form concretionary deposits, partially of organic origin in the case of jasper. It is commonly microscopically fibrous, massive, and has a nearly wax-like luster. It has a lower density than ordinary quartz. It is the archetypal collectable beach pebble, dense, fine crystalline, translucent to opaque, and cons (read full)
Serpentine: Serpentine may refer to a single mineral but more often to a group of minerals including antigorite, chrysotile, clinochrysotile, and lizardite, which are altered products of basic and ultra-basic rocks. Rock composed of these minerals is called serpentinite. It comes in all the hues of green.
In mineralogy, serpentine is divided into three polymorphs, crystals with the same chemical substanc (read full)
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Aragonite is made from calcium carbonate and found near sedimentary rocks.
Colors include clear (when free from impurities), yellow, b
In fact Diamond is the only gem material comprised of a single chemical element: pure carbon, like graphite. But the atoms in diamond h
Opal is hydrated silicon dioxide. It has the same chemical composition as quartz but contains about one-tenth (and sometimes as much as
Microcline is a silicate of potassium and aluminum, and an alkali member of the feldspar group. It is the phase of this compound that i