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[edit] Tagging and Categorising Articles

[edit] Main page categories

The Gemology and Jewelry category structure is:

1. Clear crystals 2. Translucent crystals 3. Colored stones 4. Man-made gems 5. Physical characteristics of gems 6. Metaphysical characteristics of gems

   A.  Pranic and Vedic meanings
   B.  Modern metaphysics

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[edit] Resources

Many of the article headings listed below, were drawn from WinJewel dictionary online and Jewelry Glossary - Definition of Jewelry Terms
For gemstone misnomers
Gemology Dictionary
World of gemstones


[edit] Article and subject structure

[edit] Templates

v • d • e
Jewellery materials
Precious metals:
Precious metal alloys:
Base metals/alloys:
Mineral Gemstones:
Aventurine · Agate · Alexandrite · Amethyst · Aquamarine · Carnelian · Citrine · Diamond · Emerald · Garnet · Jade · Jasper · Malachite · Lapis · Moonstone · Onyx · Opal · Peridot · Quartz · Ruby · Sapphire · Sodalite · Sunstone · Tanzanite · Tiger's Eye · Topaz
Organic Gemstones:
Amber · Copal · Coral · Jet · Pearl

[edit] Categories

[edit] Wikiproject categories - (on Talk page)

Category:WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry - Gemstones

[edit] Article categories

[edit] Articles

[edit] Andalusite

[edit] Apatite

[edit] Azurite

[edit] Beryl

    • Aquamarine
      • Madagascar aquamarine
      • Maxixe aquamarine - dab - Maxixe beryl
      • Mass aqua
      • Misnomers
        • Synthetic Aquamarine a misnomer for synthetic corundum or spinel.
        • Brazilian Aquamarine a misnomer for Topaz
        • Siam Aquamarine a misnomer for Zircon
    • Emerald
      • Synthetic emerald
        • Emerald coated beryl - dab - Emerita, Symerald
        • Chatham emerald
        • Gilson synthetic emerald
        • Linde emerald
        • Zerfass emerald
        • Igmerald
        • Trapiche emerald
      • List of emerald misnomers
        • African emerald a misnomer for fluorite
        • Cape emerald a misnomer for prehnite
        • Mother of emerald a misnomer for prase
        • Uralian emerald a misnomer for green demantoid garnet
        • Oriental emerald a misnomer for both green corundum, and to the green chlorospinel type of natural spinel
        • Medina emerald a misnomer for emerald green glass
        • Lithia emerald a misnomer for green hiddenite variety of spodumene
        • Indian emerald a misnomer for green-dyed crackled quartz
        • Emeraldite a misnomer for green tourmaline
    • Goshenite
    • Morganite
    • Heliodor
    • Treatments
      • Beryl glass

[edit] Calcite

    • Marble
      • Egyptian marble
      • Lumachella - dab - Lumachelle, Fire-marble
      • Parian marble
      • Ruin marble
      • Shell-marble
      • Tecali marble
      • Ophicalcite
    • Iceland-spar
    • Satin-spar
    • Stalactite
    • Stalagmitic formation
    • Misnomer
      • Oriental Alabaster a misnomer for calcite
      • Algerian oynx a misnomer for calcite

[edit] Cordierite

[edit] Corundum

    • Ruby
      • Balas ruby
      • Cape ruby
      • Colorado ruby
      • Montana ruby
      • Mountain ruby
      • Siberian ruby
      • Bohemian ruby
      • Brazilian ruby
      • Cape ruby
      • Colorado ruby
      • Ruby galas
      • Montana ruby
      • Siberian ruby
      • Ruby spinel
      • List of ruby misnomers
        • Adelaide ruby (garnet)
        • Arizona Ruby (garnet)
        • American ruby (garnet) and (quartz)
    • Sapphire
      • Padparadscha sapphire - dab - Padparadschah sapphire
      • Hope sapphire
      • Water sapphire
      • Natural Sapphire
      • List of sapphire misnomers
        • Oriental amethyst a misnomer for corundum.
        • Synthetic Aquamarine a misnomer for synthetic corundum or spinel.
    • Boule

[edit] Chrysoberyl

[edit] Diamond

Sort these into above

      • Saxony diamond
      • Jourado diamond
      • Hot Springs diamond

[edit] Diopside

[edit] Enstatite

[edit] Feldspar

[edit] Fluorite

[edit] Garnet

[edit] Gypsum

    • Alabaster
      • Egyptian alabaster
      • Misnomer
        • Oriental Alabaster a misnomer for calcite
    • Selenite

[edit] Idocrase

[edit] Jade

    • Jadeite - dab - Jadeite jade
    • Nephrite - dab - Nephrite jade
    • Honan jade
    • Indian jade
    • Mexican jade
    • Wyoming jade
    • Colorado jade
    • Imperial jade
    • Imperial mexican jade
    • Jade matrix
    • New Zealand greenstone
    • Misnomers
      • Amazon jade a misnomer for feldspar
      • African jade a misnomer for garnet
      • Transvaal jade a misnomer for garnet
      • American jade a misnomer for idocrase
      • New jade a misnomer for Serpentine
      • Korea jade or Korean jade a misnomer for Serpentine
      • Suzhou jade a misnomer for Serpentine
      • Styrian jade a misnomer for Serpentine

[edit] Natural glass

[edit] Olivine

[edit] Quartz

[edit] Agate

[edit] Opal

[edit] Quartz stone treatments

[edit] List of quartz misnomers
      • Alaska diamond a misnomer for Quartz
      • Alencon diamond a misnomer for Quartz
      • Arkansas diamond a misnomer for Quartz
      • American ruby a misnomer for garnet and Quartz
      • Azeztulite a trade name for created quartz
      • Madeira topaz a misnomer for citrine
      • Scotch Topez a misnomer for citrine, smoky quartz or cairngorm

[edit] Serpentine

[edit] Spinel

[edit] Spodumene

[edit] Topaz

    • Blue topaz
    • Precious topaz
    • Imperial topaz
    • Misnomers
      • Occidental topaz a misnomer for yellow quartz.
      • Brazilian aquamarine a misnomer for Topaz
      • Indian topaz a misnomer for yellow corundum
      • Nevada topaz a misnomer for smoky obsidian.
      • Madeira topaz a misnomer for citrine
      • Scotch Topez a misnomer for citrine, smoky quartz or cairngorm

[edit] Tourmaline

[edit] Turquoise

    • dab - Callais, Callaite Callaica, Callaina
    • Fossil turquoise
    • Turquoise matrix
    • Vienna turquoise
    • Viennese turquoise

[edit] Zircon

    • Low-type zircon
    • Hyacinth - obsolete?
    • Jacinth - name given to garnet also
    • Misnomer
      • Siam Aquamarine a misnomer for Zircon
      • Rozircon a misnomer for synth spinel

[edit] Zoisite

[edit] Other Gemstones/minerals

[edit] Amber

[edit] Coral

[edit] Ivory

[edit] Bone and Fossils

    • Dinosaur Bone - dab - Dinny bone
    • Odontolite - dab - Bone turquoise - a misnomer turquoise
    • Orthoceras

[edit] Shell

[edit] Synthetic gemstones

[edit] Colored gemstone related

[edit] Pearl related

      • Antilles Pearl dab - Antilles Pearls
      • Baroque pearl dab - Baroque, Baroque pearls
      • Biwa pearl dab - Biwa pearls
      • Black pearl dab - Black pearls
      • Blister pearl dab - Blister pearls
      • Blue-pearl dab - Blue-pearls
      • Button pearl dab - Button pearls
      • Chicot pearl dab - Chicot pearls
      • Clam pearl dab - Clam pearls
      • Cultured Pearl dab - Cultured Pearls
      • Cyst pearl dab - Cyst pearls
      • Drop pearl dab - Drop pearls
      • Fire pearl dab - Fire pearls
      • Freshwater pearl dab - Freshwater pearls
      • Japanese pearl dab - Japanese pearls
      • Mantle
      • Momme
      • Nucleus
      • Mabe Pearl dab - Mabe pearls
      • Mother-of-pearl
      • Mussel pearl dab - Mussel pearls
      • Nassau pearl dab - Nassau pearls
      • Natural Pearl dab - Natural Pearls
      • Non-nucleated cultured pearl dab - Non-nucleated cultured pearls
      • Orient of pearl
      • Pearl dab - Pearls
      • Pearly ***not Pearl related article***
      • River pearl dab - River pearls
      • Seed pearl dab - Seed pearls
      • Wart pearl dab - Wart pearls
      • Yellow pearl dab - Yellow pearls
      • Bivalve molluscs
      • Mollusc
      • Nacre
      • Univalve molluscs