Bask Jewelry Catalog

: Different Types of Stones

	(Ab) Amber is an organic gem, it is fossilized sap or resin from ancient pine trees. It is primarily found in the Baltic region or the Dominican Republic. A golden yellow to orange, it often contains small internal fractures.
	(Ag) Agate
	(Agf) Fire Agate Opaque, limonite-bearing layered chalcedony with an opal-like color play, which is created through diffraction and refraction on of the light at the inclusions.
	(Am) Amethyst Is a light to medium purple form of quartz. Deposits are found in many places including Brazil (for lighter shades) and Bolivia and Africa for the darker shades.
	(Ame) Ametrine Banded Citrine and Amethyst, (yellow and purple) occurs naturally as a bi- colored stone.
	(Amm) Ammonite Fossilized spiral shells, may have irridescence.
	(Ap) Apatite Light blue greenish translucent stone, a little softer than other stones.
	(Aq) Aquamarine Is blue-green in color, transparent to translucent gem from the beryl family. Ancient Greeks believed it held the essence and spirit of the sea. Largest deposits come from Brazil, India, and China.
	(Bc) Blue Chalcedony Is a translucent very light periwinkle blue to greyish blue variety of quartz. Deposits are found in primarily in Turkey and Namibia.
	(Bcp) Purple Chalcedony Purplish form of Chalcedony.
	(Bct) Sea Foam Chalcedony Light sea foam blue green shade of chalcedony - same color as peruvian opal.
	(Be) Beryl Beryl color varies between lemon-yellow and greenish-yellow. Deposits in Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka.
	(Bm) Blue Moonstone Is a moonstone with an iridescent blue sheen. Depending on the grade it will often contain visible inclusions. Deposits are found in Sri Lanka, India, Burma, and Madagascar.
	(Bo) Bone carvings come from domestic cow bone which is hand carved and polished.
	(Bs) Blue Sapphire Gets its blue color from Titanium and iron oxides contained within the stone. Deposits are found in Thailand, Burma, and India.
	(Bt) Blue Topaz Color ranges from a very light blue (Sky Blue) to a darker shade (London Blue) and brilliant (Swiss Blue). It primarily comes from a treatment of white Topaz. Primary sources are Brazil, Australia, and the U.S.
	(Ca) Carnelian is light to dark red form type of chalcedony. Carnelians are a durable member of the quartz family.
	(Ce) Selemnite Cats Eye Is a medium grey to white to black color, and has a unique cats eye effect when hit with direct light.
	(Ci) Citrine Is a light yellow to deep orange member of the Quartz family, which comes primarily from Brazil.
	(Co) Coral Is a deep red natural gemstone. It comes from the coasts of the Western Mediterranean, Red Sea, Japan and U.S.
	(Cy) Chrysoprase is the most valuable form of chalcedony, a vivid green to yellowish green translucent stone sometimes confused with jade. Primarily from Australia.
	(Cz) Cubic Zirconium are clear transparent manmade stones created as a substitute for diamonds.
	(Dz) Druzy Quartz Druzy Quartz tiny quartz crystals that blanket the surface of various gemstone materials. Beautiful and sparkling, like thousands of tiny little diamonds scattered on the surface, druzy can be colored with metalic deposited coatings.
	(Dzb) Druzy Blue Druzy Quartz tiny quartz crystals that blanket the surface of various gemstone materials. Metallic coatings cause blue color.
	(Dzl) Druzy Lavender Druzy Quartz tiny quartz crystals that blanket the surface of various gemstone materials. Metallic coated to lavender color.
	(Em) Emerald is one of the most valuable precious stones known since antiquity. Sources are Brazil (darker green), and Columbia (lighter green, more transparent). Most emeralds will contain easily visible inclusions and defects, as flawless stones are extremely expensive.
	(Fc) Fossilized Coral Polished fossil coral often has a \"flowered\" pattern from the coral polyps. May be brownish to reddish to whitish coloration.
	(Fcr) Fossil Coral Red Reddish Fossil coral.
	(Fp) Fossilized Palm Polished cabochons of fossil palm amy have whitish or black and brownish patterns from the palm wood.
	(Ga) Garnet is a deep red to purplish rose color, gets its name from the Latin word granatum (pomegranate) alluding to it is similarity to that fruit. Primary sources are India, and Africa, particularly Mozambique.
	(Gah) Hessonite Garnet Also called cinnamon stone and Kaneel stone, Brown-red variety. Deposits are found in Sri Lanka, Brazil, USA, Tanzania.
	(Gd) Gold Leaf 22Kt gold applied to silver.
	(Gl) Opalized Glass is a is man-made material with milky iridescence like a moonstone or opal.
	(Gr) Green Agate Deep to medium green agate, opaque and smooth.
	(Gs) Gaspeite Lime to yellowish green opaque stone limited supply, mostly from Australia.
	(Gsp) Green Sapphire Sapphires are found in a variety of colors. The reddish colors are called ruby. People generally think of sapphires as blue in color, although they are also colorless, pink, orange, green, golden, yellow, purple and black. Sapphire is the birthstone of the month of September. Red sapphires are known as ruby, and pinkish orange sapphire as padparadscha.
	(Io) Iolite is a clear blue stone which can vary between a pale to a very dark cobalt blue. Primarily from India
	(Jd) Jade Opaque to slightly translucent greenish stone, my also have browns, oranges. Expensive when clear and translucent greens. �
	(Js) Poppy Jasper Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper is a famous, but increasingly rare orbicular Jasper with red and yellow dots of \"poppy flowers\". Jasper is from the chalcedony/ quartz group.
	(Ki) Kyanite Bright blue transparent stone. Almost the same color as Blue Sapphire.
	(La) Lapiz (Lapis Lazuli) is an opaque blue stone, composed of lazurite, pyrite, and calcite. It will often have visible pyrite within the blue lazurite. Lapis has been mined in Afghanistan for over 6000 years.
	(Lad) Lapis Denim Lighter blue lapis- color of denim..
	(Lb) Labradorite is a greenish, yellowish, or bluish stone with various degrees of transparency. It has a sheen of various colors which differ depending on the angle viewed. Come primarily from Madagascar and Sri Lanka.
	(Lc) Lemon Chrysoprase Is a yellow colored stone in the chalcedony group. Deposits are found in many places including Australia, South Africa, and the U.S.
	(Mg) Grey Moonstone is a milky translucent moonstone of greyish color. Deposits are found in Sri Lanka, Burma, India, and Madagascar.
	(Mog) Green Moonstone is a rare greenish form of moonstone. Deposits are found in Sri Lanka, Burma, and India.
	(Ms) Mabe Shell A half-spherical cultured pearl grown inside the mollusk shell coming primarily from China and the Far East. Color may be whitish through yellowish to blackish.
	(Msb) Black Mabe Shell is a cultured mabe dyed to a blueish blackish shade
	(Ojs) Ocean Jasper Banded green, brown,white, and black form of Jasper.
	(Om) Orange Moonstone is an orange to peach colored translucent form of moonstone. Deposits are found in Sri Lanka, Burma, India, and Madagascar
	(Op) Opal usually has a milky-white background, and reflects iridescent colors of green and red in direct light. Its name evolved from the Greek word oppallios meaning to see a change of color. They come primarily from Australia and are somewhat fragile.
	(Opd) Opal Doublet Is a thin layer of opal which is bonded to a rock crystal matrix top and a base layer of chalcedony (a member of the quartz family). Deposits are found in Austrailia, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and the U.S.
	(Opf) Fire Opal is a clear to reddish orange in color, showing various degrees of fire or flashes of color in direct light. Comes primarily from Mexico.
	(Oph) Honey Opal Yellowish clear opal.
	(Opp) Peruvian opal Peruvian opal is a relatively rare stone that comes from the Andes in Peru. It is a sea green or blue translucent stone. Depending on how the stone is cut it can be clear, scenic (showing many varying degrees of color) or dendritic with black fern like inclusions. Softer stone.
	(Opt) Opal Triplet Opal laminated between base and clear surface.
	(Os) Osmium
	(Ov) Lemon Quartz Is a treated quartz with a light lemony color. Sometimes called Oroverde.
	(Ox) Onyx is a black opaque chalcedony. Onyx are abundant and durable. Deposits are found are found in all 50 States.
	(Pe) Peridot is a pale medium yellowish green stone. Rare in larger sizes. Sources are mostly China and Burma.
	(Ph) Phrenite Clear green stone to mint green.
	(Pj) Picture Jasper Opaque and fine grained, Jasper occurs in shades of red, yellow, green, greyish blue, brown and combinations of these.
	(Pl) Pearl (fresh water) is formed in mollusks found in fresh water lakes and rivers. A pearly coating called nacre is formed around an irritant that is introduced by hand. Fresh water pearls are cultivated primarily in the Far East and China.
	(Plb) Black Pearl is a freshwater pearl of black to purplish black color
	(Plg) Grey Pearl is a light grey freshwater variety.
	(Plp) Pink Pearl is a pinkish color freshwater variety.
	(Plt) Tahitian Pearl is a large black (Pltb), grey (Pltg), to whitish (Pltw), saltwater pearl produced by the black-lip oyster found in the atolls and lagoons of French Polynesia, particularly Tahiti.
	(Ps) Pink Sapphire Bright pink sapphire.
	(Qzd) Dendritic Quartz is a form of quartz which is clear or yellowish with fern-like markings in brown to black. Comes primarily from Brazil
	(Qzg) Green Squartz Clear quartz treated to a green color.
	(Rb) Ruby Well known (from antiquity) and expensive gemstone. Clear bright to darkish red transparent stone.
	(Rd) Rhodochrosite is a remarkable rose-pink colored gemstone, it color comes from manganese and forms color bands. Deposits are found in Italy, France, and the U.S.
	(Rh) Rhodalite Garnet is a light reddish lavender to pinkish form of garnet. Comes primarily from India and Sri lanka.
	(Rq) Rose Quartz is named after its pink color. Its color ranges from a strong pink to a pale pink. Deposits are found in many places including India, Brazil, and the U.S.
	(Rt) Rutilated Quartz is a form of quartz filled with crystals of yellow rutile from Brazil.
	(Se) Serpentine are leafy green to a silky yellowish luster. Deposits are found in China, New Zealand, Afghanistan, and the U.S.
	(Sg) Sugilite is a medium purple, opaque, varegated stone. It comes from one area in the Kalahari desert in Africa.
	(Sh) Shell
	(Shb) Black Shell
	(Shc) Shell Cone
	(Shg) Grey Shell
	(Shp) Pink Shell
	(Shs) Shell Spiral
	(Shu) Paua Shell
	(Sn) Sunstone metallic in appearance due to reflective inclusions of red, orange or green crystals. Found in the U.S. and India.
	(So) Spiney Oyster Banded orangish and white shell from spiney oyster.
	(Sp) Spectrolite is a blueish blackish greenish iridescent stone from Finland. Somewhat similar to labradorite
	(Spg) Sapphire Green Greenish Sapphire.
	(Spt) Sapphire Tundru Green orange and red and brown faceted beads.
	(Sq) Smokey Quartz is named for its smoky gray color. Deposits are found in Brazil, Madagascar, Russia, and Scotland.
	(Sqz) Strawberry Quartz Pinkish rutilated form of quartz.
	(Sr) Star Ruby is a plum red stone which shows various degrees of star behavior in direct light from Sri Lanka.
	(St) Spessartite Garnet Yellow orange form of garnet.
	(Tmb) Blue Tourmaline is the blueish form of tourmaline sometimes known as indicolite. Sources are primarily Brazil and Afganistan.
	(Tmg) Green Tourmaline comes in various shades of green and often contains visible inclusions from Brazil and India.
	(Tmp) Pink Tourmaline is sometimes known as rubellite. Often contains visible inclusions. Sources are Nigeria, Brazil and Afganistan.
	(Tmw) Watermelon Tourmaline Tourmaline with green to pink banding within the stone.
	(Tmy) Tourmaline Yellow Clear yellowish to brownish form of tourmaline.
	(Tnz) Tanzanite is a valuable transparent purplish blueish stone from Tanzania.
	(Tq) Turquoise comes in sky-blue, blu-greens, and apple-greens. Its name means Turkish stone Deposits are found in many places including Afganistan, Argentina, Australia, and the U.S.
	(Tqg) Green Turquoise Green form of Turquoise.
	(Tsv) Tsavorite Bright green form of garnet.

Different Types of Stones