Colors of Gemstones

 

Colorless

Amblygonite Analcite Anglesite
Apatite Appophyllite Augelite
Barytes Beryl (Goshenite) Beryllonite
Celestine Corundum(White Sapphite) Danburite
Datolite Diamond Diopside
Euclase Feldspar (Moonstone) Fluorspar
Garnet (rare) G.G.G. Hambergite
Leucite Lithium Niobate Magnesite
Periclass Petalite Phenakite
Pollucite Quartz (Rock Crystal) Scheelite (Synthetic)
Spinel (Synthetic) Spodumene Strontium Titanate
Topaz Tourmaline (Archrolite) Whewellite
YAG Zircon (heat treated) Zirconia (Cubic)
Zircon    
 

Yellow & 

Orange
Amber Amblygonite Anglesit
Apatite Axinite Barytes
Beryl (Hellidor) Beryllonita Brazilianite
Cancrinite Cassiterite Chalcedony
Chondrodite Chrysoberyl Chopal resin
Corrundum (Yellow Sapphire) Danburite Catolite (opaque)
Diamond Fluorspar Fibrolite Garnet (Hessonite, Topazolite, Spessarnite)
Idocrase Jadeite Lithumniobate
Marble Malinophane Opal (Fire Opal)
Orthoclase Feldspar Phenakite Quartz (Citrine)
Rhodizite Rutile (Syn) Scapolite
Scheelite Sepiolite (Meerschaum Opaque) Silica Glass
Sphalerite (Blende) Sphene Spinel
Spodumene Staurolite (opaque) Stibiotontalite
Thomsonite (opaque) Tourmaline Willemite
YAG Zircon  
 

Brown

Amber Anatase Andalusite
Axnine Barytes Beryl
Brookite Cassiterite Chalcedony
Ghondrocite Datolite (Opaque) Epidote
Fluorspar Garnet (Hessonite) Hypersthence (opaque)
Idocrase Jadeite Kornerupine
Marble Microlite Moldavite
Obsidian Orthoclase Feldspar Pearl
Peridot Prehnite Quartz
Rhodochrosite Rutile (Syn) Scheelite
Sinhalite Smithsonite (opaque) Sphalerite (Blende)
Sphene Staurolite (opaque) Stibiotantalite
Thomsonite (opaque) Topaz Tourmaline
Willemite Wulfenite YAG
Zircon    
 

Pink & 

Red
Amber Andalusite Barytes
Beryl (Morganite) Cassiterite Chalcedony
Chondrodite Coral (opaque) Corundum (Ruby and Pink Sapphire)
Crocoite Danburite Datolite (opaque)
Diamond (rare) Durangite Epidote
Fluorspar Fredilite Garnet
Garnet (Pyrope, Almandine, Spessartine, Hessonite) Jadeite Marble
Microlite Opal (Fire Opal) Painite
Pearl Phenakite Quartz (Rose Quartzs, Cornelian & Jasper)
Rhodochrosite (translucent) Rhodonite (opaque) Scapolite (Opalescent)
Smithsonite Spinel ("Balas Ruby" and Ruby Spinel) Soapstone
Spodumene (Kunzite) Staurolite (opaque) Topaz ("filled")
Tourmaline (Rubellite) Tremolite Tugtupite
Willemite Wulfentite Zincite
Zircon (Jacinth) Zoisite (Thulite) (Opaque)  
 

Purple & Violet

Apatite Charoite Corundum (Violet Sapphire)
Diopside (Violance) (Opaque) Dumortierite Fibrolite
Fluorspar Garnet (Almandine and Rhodolite) Jadeite
Lapidolite Quartz (Amethyst) Scapolite
Spinel (Almandine) Spodumene (Kunzite) Stichite
Taaffeite Tourmaline Zircon
 

Blue

Anatase Anglesite Apatite
Azurite (opaque) Barytes Benitotite
Beryl (Aquamarine) Celestine Cerrusite
Chalcedony Crysocolla (opaque) Corundum (Sapphire)
Diamond (rare) Diopside (Violete) (Opaque) Euclase
Fibrolite Fluorspar Idocrase
Iolite Jadeite Kyanite
Lazulite (opaque)
Lazurite (Lapis-Lazuli) (opaque) Odonotolite (opaque)
Pearl Quartz Siderite Rutile (Syn)
Scapolite (Cat's-eye) Shattuckite Smithsonite (opaque)
Spinel Topaz Tourmaline (Indicolite)
Wardite (opaque) Turquoise (opaque) Zircon
Zoisite    
  

Green

Andalusite Anglesite Apatite
Bestite (opaque) Baldonite Beryl (Emerald and Aquamarine)
Boracite Cerussite Chalcedony
Chlorastrolite (opaque) Chrysoberyl Corundum (Green Sapphire)
Datolite (opaque) Diamond (rarely) Dioptase
Enstatite Epidote Euclase
Feldspar (Amazon stone) Fibrolite Fluorspar
Gahnite Garnet (Diamond and Uvarovite) Garnet (Gossular "Transvaal Jade")
Idocrase Jadeite (Translucent to opaque) Cornerupine
Kyanite Malachite (opaque) Marble
Maw-sit-sit Moldavite Nephrite (semi-opaque to opaque)
Ophicalcite Peridot Perhnite
Pseudophite (opaque) Pyroehyllite Quartz (Prasiolite Prase and Plasma)
Rohdizite Serpentine (opaque) Smaragadite
Smithsonite (opaque) Soapstone Sphene (Titanite)
Spinel (Chlorospinel) Spodumene (Hiddenite) Thomsonite (opaque)
Topaz Tourmaline Tremolite
Turquoise (opaque) Variscite (opaque) Wardite (opaque)
Wellemite Wulfenite YAG
Zircon    
 

White

Albaster Amber Barytes
Bone (Opaque) Cerussite Colemanite
Coral (Opaque) Datolite (Opaque) Garnet (Grossulor)
Gypsum (Stain-spr) Howlite Ivory (Opaque)
Jadeite (Semi-opaque) Marble Meerschaum (Opaque)
Mesolite Milky Quartz Nephrite (Opaque)
Opal Pearl Scapolite
Thomsonite (Opaque) Ulexite Vegetable Ivory (Opaque)
Witherite Wollastonite Wulfenite
 

Gray

Apophyllite Cerussite Diamond
Horderite Labradorite Marble
Obeidian Opal Pectolite
Pyrophyllite Quartz (Chalcedony)  
 

Black

Amber Anatase Cassiterite
 
 
 
 

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