The following is a list of Cyprine gems and minerals listed in our database. Click the pictures to get full data, click the X to remove the gem from the list.
Vesuvianite: Vesuvianite is a hydrous calcium magnesium aluminum silicate with a tetragonal crystal system. It is the preferred name used by mineralogists for all transparent varieties of Idocrase, the name used by gemmologists. It is a gem mineral that appears in diverse colors, and thus is prized by collectors. A compact green variety of vesuvianite that looks like jade is known as californite. A greenish-b (read full)
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When quartz contains similarly-oriented fibrous inclusions, and is then appropriately-cut, in cabochon, curved stones display what is k
Zircon is a zirconium silicate with a tetragonal crystal system, and also contains thorium and uranium.
It appears as stubby, prismati
Sapphire is the blue variety of Corundum.
Sapphires can be a very dark blue, to the point of seeming dense and blackish from a distanc
Emerald is the most prized variety of the mineral Beryl. It sometimes fetches higher prices than diamond. It appears as pale green to b