There is no absolutely valid classification of all gemstones because the terms "rare", "precious" or "gemmy" are not clearly definable. To create a useful system for this website I subdivide the here mentioned, worthy for cutting, and demanded minerals into
commonly known minerals, rarer minerals, very rare minerals, extremely rare minerals, relatively rare organic material, and collector stones with a low hardness (shown in grey).
Minerals with a Mohs hardness from 7 to 10 can be used in rings. I don't show minerals which are soluble in water. An included special info page is marked with a white initial letter.


Achroite, Actinolite, Adamite, Adularia, Afghanite, Agate, Albite, Alexandrite, Allanite, Almandine, Amazonite, Amber, Amblygonite, Amethyst, Ametrine, Ammolite, Analcime, Anatase, Andalusite, Andesine, Andradite, Angelite, Anglesite, Anhydrite, Anyolite, Apatite, Apophyllite, Aquamarine, Aragonite, Atlantisite, Augelite, Austinite, Aventurine, Axinite, Azurite,

Baddeleyite, Bahianite, Barite, Bastnäsite, Benitoite, Beryl, Beryllonite, Bikitaite, Binghamite, Bixbite, Bixbyite, Bloodstone, Boleite, Boracite, Bowenite, Brazilianite, Bromellite, Brookite, Brucite, Bustamite, Bytownite,

Calcite, Carletonite, Carnelian, Carrollite, Cassiterite, Catapleiite, Cavansite, Celestine, Cerussite, Chalcedony, Chambersite, Charlesite, Charoite, Chiastolite, Childrenite, Chkalovite, Chondrodite, Chrome-Tourmaline, Chromian Diopside, Chrysoberyl, Chrysocolla, Chrysoprase, Citrine, Clinochlore, Clinohumite, Clinozoisite, Colemanite, Coral, Cordierite, Creedite, Crocoite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Cyprine,

Danburite, Datolite, Demantoid, Dendritic Quartz, Desert Glass, Diamond, Diaspore, Dichroite, Diopside, Dioptase, Dolomite, Dravite, Dumortierite, Dunilite,

Edenite, Ekanite, Elbaite, Emerald, Enstatite, Eosphorite, Epidote, Euclase, Eudialyte,

Feldspar, Fibrolite, Fluorite, Fluornatromicrolite, Forsterite, Friedelite,

Gadolinite, Gahnite, Gahnospinel, Garnet, Gaspéite, Genthelvite, Goergeyite, Goshenite, Grandidierite, Grossular,

Hackmanite, Hambergite, Hauyne, Heliodor, Heliotrope, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Herderite, Hessonite, Hexagonite, Hiddenite, Hübnerite, Hyalite, Hypersthene,

Idocrase, Ilmenite, Inderite, Indicolite, Inesite, Iolite,

Jade, Jasper, Jeremejevite, Johachidolite,

Kornerupine, Kovdorskite, Kunzite, Kurnakovite, Kyanite,

Labradorite, Lapislazuli, Larimar, Lawsonite, Lazulite, Lazurite, Lechatelierite, Legrandite, Leifite, Leucite, Libyanite, Liddicoatite, Londonite,

Magnesite, Malachite, Manganotantalite, Marialite, Marra Mamba, Maw Sit Sit, Meionite, Melanite, Mellite, Microlite, Milarite, Mimetite, Moldavite, Monazite, Montebrasite, Mookaite, Moonstone, Morganite, Mtorodite, Musgravite, Muscovite,

Nambulite, Narsarsukite, Natrolite, Nephrite, Neptunite, Nifontovite, Norbergite,

Oligoclase, Olivine, Olmiite, Opal, Orthoclase,

Padparadscha, Painite, Pargasite, Parisite, Pearls, Pectolite, Peridot, Peristerite, Petalite, Pezzottaite, Phenakite, Phosgenite, Phosphophyllite, Phosphosiderite, Pietersite, Poldervaartite, Pollucite, Poudretteite, Powellite, Prasiolite, Prehnite, Prismatine, Pyromorphite, Pyrope, Pyroxmangite,

Quartz,

Red Beryl, Remondite, Rhodizite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodolite, Rhodonite, Richterite, Rock Crystal, Rubellite, Ruby, Rutile,

Sanidine, Sapphire, Sapphirine, Scapolite, Scheelite, Schorl, Scolecite, Sellaite, Sérandite, Serendibite, Shomiokite, Shortite, Siderite, Sillimanite, Simpsonite, Sinhalite, Smithsonite, Sodalite, Spessartine, Sphalerite, Sphene, Spinel, Spodumene, Staurolite, Stibiotantalite, Stolzite, Sugilite, Sunstone, Sussexite,

Taaffeite, Tanzanite, Tashmarine, Tawmawite, Thaumasite, Thulite, Tiffany Stone, Tiger's Eye, Titanite, Topaz, Topazolite, Tourmaline, Tremolite, Triphane, Triphylite, Triplite, Tsavorite, Tsilaizite, Tugtupite, Turquoise,

Umbalite, Ussingite, Uvarovite, Uvite,

Väyrynenite, Verdelite, Vesuvianite, Viridine, Vlasovite,

Whewellite, Willemite, Witherite, Wulfenite,

Xonotlite,

Yugawaralite,

Zektzerite, Zircon, Zoisite

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