Gemstone Names – List of Precious Gems

Want to beat your friend at: Gemstone names that start with E?

Here is a fantastic list of Precious Stones, otherwise called Precious Gems, that includes all 26 letters of the English alphabet for the international version of the gemstone-names-that-start-with-A…B…C game. That wonderful game we enjoyed as kids, which back then more than once unleashed Cupid’s arrows on many of us… is still in vogue. When you get to the gemstone-names-that-start-with-X section, this time no one will stop you anymore!

List of the most important Precious Stones in the World

A: Amber, Ammonite, Andalusite, Apatite, Azurmalachite.
B: Benitoite, Brazilianite.
C: Calcite, Chalcedony, Charoite, Chrysoberyl, Coral.
D: Diamond, Diopside.
E: Enstatite, Epidote (with these two you will amaze your opponents!)
F: Fluorite
G: Garnet
H: Howlite, Hematite, Hemimorphite
I: Iolite, Idocrase
J: Jadeite
K: Kyanite
L: Lapis Lazuli
M: Malachite, Maw Sit-Sit
N: Nephrite
O: Opal.
P: Pearl, Peridot, Pyrite.
Q: Quartz.
R: Rhodonite, Rhodochrosite.
S: Spinel, Emerald (Smaragdus), Serpentine, Sodalite, Sphene, Sugilite.
T: Topaz, Tourmaline, Turquoise.
U: Unakite (with this you win!).
V: Variscite.
W: Wulfenite (well, it is a mineral, but for the game it’s fine..).
X: Xensinite (named after Gemologist Gensini Graziano, who discovered it on the beach in Pegli..).
Y: Y.A.G. (yes, it is synthetic, but in the absence of anything else we let it pass).
Z: Zircon.

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