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Glossary

A	Agate Alabaster Alexandrite Almandine Amber Amethyst Ammonite Apatite Aquamarine Asterism Aventurine
B	Baroque pearl Beryl Brilliant-cut Briolette Cut
C	Cabochon Cut Cairngorm Carat Carbuncle Carving Cat's eye Ceylon cut Chalcedony Chatoyancy Chivor mine Chrysoberyl Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye Chrysolite Chrysoprase Citrine Cleavage Colour Coloured stone Conch pearl Coral Cornelian corundum Crystal Crystal System Cullinan Diamond Cultured pearl
D	Demantoid garnet Dendrite Dendrite Opal Dendritic Agate Diamond Dichroism Diopside Dioptase Dispersion Dolomite Double Refraction Doublets
E	Ectoderm Ekati Emerald Emerald Cut Engraving Eye Agate
F	Fabricated Gemstones Facets Feather Fire Fire Opal Flourescence Fossil Fossilized wood
G	Garnet Gemstone Geode Girdle Glass Gold Golden Beryl Grading (of diamonds) Grading (of coloured stones) Grain Grossular
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H	Habit Hardness Hardness Scale (see Moh's Hardness Scale) Heliodor Heliotrope Hematite Hessonite Hexagonal System Highlight Cut Honey Opal Howlite Hydrogrossular Hydrostatic balance
I	Iceland agate idar Idar-Oberstein Ideal Brilliant Cut Imitations Imperial Jade industrial diamonds Inherent colour Intaglio Iridescense Isometric system Ivory
J	Jade Jadeite Jasper Jet Jewel
K	Kimberlite Kunzite
L	Labradorite Lapis Lazuli Leucite Luminescence Lustre
M	Mabe Pearl Madeira Topaz Magnesite Malachite Marcasite Marquise Cut Meerschaum Mexican Onyx Mineral Modern Brilliant cut Moh's Hardness Scale Moldavite Monoclinic system Moonstone Morganite Moss Agate Mother of Pearl
N	Nacre Nephrite
O	Obsidian Occurence Old European Cut Onyx Opal Opal Matrix Opalescence Oval Cut
P	Padparadschah Paste Pearl Peridot Petrified Wood Phosphorescence Placer Pleochroism Polishing Princess Cut Pseudo-agate Pyrite Pyrope
Q	Quartz Quartz Cat's Eye
R	Rainbow Agate Reflection Refraction Refractive Index Rhodochrosite Rhodolite Rock Rock Crystal Rose Cut Rose Quartz Rubellite Ruby Rutile
S	Sapphire Sard Sard-onyx Scapolite Seed pearls Serpentine Silk Silver Smoky Quartz Sodalite Specific gravity Spectrolite Spessartite Sphene Spinel Spodumene Star Quartz Star Ruby Star Sapphire Stone Sunstone Synthetic stones
T	Table cut Tanzanite Tektite Thomsonite Thulite Thunder eggs Tiger's eye Titanite Tolkowsky Brilliant cut Topaz Tourmaline Translucency Transparency Trilobite Turquoise Twins
U	Uvavorite Uvite
V	Vein Verneuil Process Volcanic Glass
W	Watermelon Tourmaline Water Sapphire Wax Opal Wesselton Grades Willemite Wood Opal
X	Xanthite X-Rays
Y	Yttrium aluminum garnet
Z	Zeolite Zircon Zoisite