The following is a list of Aventurescence gems and minerals listed in our database. Click the pictures to get full data, click the X to remove the gem from the list.
Sunstone: In its raw form, sunstone forms as translucent to transparent crystals with distinct cleavage planes and a vitreous luster. The unpolished specimens display copper platelets that catch light even through the rough surface, creating scattered copper-red flashes. Once cut and polished, sunstone truly comes alive - skilled lapidaries often favor oval or cushion cuts that maximize the stone's aventure (read full)
Aventurine: Aventurine is a quartz mineral that is most often used to crave ornate animal or spiritual figures. Aventurescence is a term used to describe the shimmering of this stone that is caused by mica inclusions. The color is almost always green, however sometimes it is blue, or green with hints of blue, or brown. Aventurine is ideal for the carving of figures, but not the best material in the world for (read full)
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Hauyne is a blue feldspathoid rock-forming mineral, one of four members of the sodalite mineral group that is a component of lapis lazu
Rock Crystal is the purest water-clear and colorless from of Quartz. It is known as mountain crystal (Bergkristall). It is the presence
Dolomite is similar to calcite and sits along side it in limestone. It usually occurs as a secondary mineral, formed by the reaction of
Ivory is an organic gem material, largely obtained from the tusks of African and Indian (Asiatic) elephants, but also from the teeth an