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What is your favorite gemstone that isn’t a diamond, ruby, emerald or sapphire?

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Julie6962 asked:


Mine is iolite because it’s pleochroic and nobody is ever sure what it is and it seems to “change colors. I also love pink tourmaline.

DALLAN

Comments

15 Responses to “What is your favorite gemstone that isn’t a diamond, ruby, emerald or sapphire?”

  1. Ms. Curious on January 24th, 2009 10:52 am

    ROMAN

    blurite

  2. lunamoth on January 26th, 2009 12:55 pm

    KIPP

    I have a gorgeous chunk of amethyst that I love.

  3. wickedblack67 on January 28th, 2009 11:12 am

    SUNSHINE

    amethyst, is that okay?

  4. Justin K. on January 30th, 2009 3:39 pm

    URIJAH

    i like your choice

  5. water_goddess_2002 on February 2nd, 2009 1:43 pm

    TIFFANY

    Watermelon tourmaline is pretty. I also like a dark aquamarine.

  6. JJ on February 4th, 2009 5:42 am

    KYSON

    I like Amethyst because of it’s color, transparent purple.

  7. TONI B on February 5th, 2009 2:51 pm

    PIERRETTE

    I’m going to say a opal although it’s a stone I love the milky backround.It is marked with colors that change in the light.

  8. wishorstish on February 7th, 2009 1:26 pm

    GARRICK

    London Blue topez

  9. ianr1984 on February 9th, 2009 4:01 pm

    CONROY

    I love Amythist, I know it’s worth like 0.1 dollars per ounce, but the lovely purple with terminated white and clouded black, love it.

  10. babyblue4ever_nc on February 12th, 2009 12:17 am

    BAYARD

    My favorite is opal b/c it is my birthstone & I love the play of colors. Opal is amorphous in that it doesn’t have crystals but instead has water inside it’s structure. That is what gives it that fiery range of colors.

    I love moonstone which is the mineral feldspar that has been cut & polished. Pictured here:

    Purple, rose & smokey quartz are all the same, SiO2 that comes in different colors. I like them all. By the way, most people don’t know that amethyst is purple quartz!

    If you have ever seen rutilated quartz, it is awesome as well. It has the mineral rutile which looks like tiny needles inside the quartz. It makes for some interesting jewelry. See for yourself:

  11. candy2mercy on February 12th, 2009 9:48 pm

    DWIGHT

    Big fan of garnets, actually. A deeper, sometimes muddier or purpler red than rubies.

  12. bunny_952000 on February 15th, 2009 11:59 pm

    JAGO

    Peridot because it’s ultramafic and my birthstone. And hats off to the rutilated quartz lover too. I like that as well. One of my professors has some he uses for teaching mineralogy.

  13. Olive Oyl on February 18th, 2009 1:40 pm

    DIDINA

    azonite

  14. leach on February 19th, 2009 9:53 pm

    IVETTE

    Iolite – what an interesting choice! I love how it can look 3 different colors in three different directions! (You’ll love unheated Tanzanite (Zoisite) too if you like pleochroism! It shows Red, Blue and Yellow!)

    I like too many stones to list! But I love Red Spinel most for its cute octahedral crystal habit which you can set without polishing or cutting. In Burma, they believe that Spinel crystals were polished by spirits! Isn’t that romantic? Spinel also has a fabulous luster and brilliance.

  15. Home with the Kids on February 20th, 2009 6:41 am

    BURTON

    Black opal. I also love tanzanite, but there’s just something about black opals. It’s so unusual that it gets a lot of comments.

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