The moonstone feldspar that glows blue, named after the Adula Alps · Latin
A rare gem that changes colour in the light · Russian
A green feldspar named after the Amazon · Greek
The purple variety of quartz
A gem that is half amethyst and half citrine
A pale blue beryl named for sea water · Latin
A crystal of pearls and shells, named after Aragon in Spain · Spanish
A sparkling green quartz · French
The mineral family that includes emerald
A dark bodied opal, mined mostly at Lightning Ridge in New South Wales
A sky blue crystal, from the Latin for heavenly · Latin
A soft, milky form of quartz · Greek
An apple green chalcedony gem · Greek
The yellow variety of quartz
Clear quartz, from the Greek krystallos, ice
A sparkling crust of tiny crystals
The green variety of beryl
A heavy, shiny grey lead ore
A deep red gemstone, from the Latin granatum, pomegranate
A precious stone, for a dog who is a real gem
A violet blue gem also called water sapphire · Greek
An old name for orange red zircon · Greek
A green stone prized in China and Central America
A soft pink gem of the spodumene family · English
A rare blue stone found only in the Caribbean · Caribbean
The second half of lapis lazuli, the deep blue gem, from Persian · Persian
A pale brassy mineral, the name given to small sparkling stones in old jewellery
A black garnet, from the Greek melas, black · Greek
A peachy pink form of the mineral beryl · English
Mother of pearl, the shimmering lining of shells · French
The tough kind of jade carved for thousands of years · Greek
The green mineral behind the gem peridot · Latin
A stone that flashes many colours
Formed inside an oyster, not mined
A rose pink stone veined with black · Greek
The deep red variety of tourmaline · Latin
A clear gypsum crystal named for the moon · Greek
A green stone with feathery silver patterns, named for the seraphim
A green stone with a scaled pattern · Latin
A rich purple gem first found in Japan · Japanese
A violet blue gem found only in Tanzania · Tanzanian
A golden gemstone, from the Greek topazos
A gem that comes in more colours than any other · Sinhalese
A pale green stone that resembles turquoise · Latin
A blue green crystal named after the mineralogist John Vivian
A dark green stone flecked with red · English
A golden yellow beryl named for the sun · Greek
Short for lapis lazuli, the deep blue stone
A feldspar with a floating blue sheen
A very dark, nearly opaque smoky quartz
A banded stone, from the Greek word for fingernail · Greek
A blood red garnet, from the Greek for fiery eyed · Greek
Black tourmaline, the most common kind
Natural glass formed by meteorite impacts, often black
One of the oldest minerals found on earth
A banded form of chalcedony
An iridescent gem made from fossil shell · Greek
A blue green crystal named from the Greek for deceit · Greek
A deep blue copper mineral · Persian
A gold coloured metal of copper and zinc
A golden brown metal of copper and tin
Gold or silver in bars, for a dog worth their weight in gold
A warm red orange form of quartz · Latin
A shiny hard metal plating · Greek
A brilliant red mineral used as a pigment · Persian
A hard silvery metal that gives a deep blue colour · German
A cream stone with black spots, named for the Dalmatian's coat
A clear crystal first found in Connecticut · English
The hardest and most prized of all gemstones · Greek
A natural blend of gold and silver used for the first coins · Greek
A glassy mineral that glows under ultraviolet light · Latin
The precious yellow metal, for a golden dog
Another name for New Zealand jade
A shiny iron ore with a metallic grey sheen · Greek
A white stone marbled with grey veins · English
A hard precious metal named for the rainbow goddess Iris · Greek
A blue bladed mineral named for its colour · Greek
A grey stone that flashes blue and gold · Canadian
A naturally magnetic stone, for a dog everyone is drawn to
A white mineral, often dyed to look like turquoise
A dark, glittering stone from Greenland
A legendary metal of Atlantis, Greek for mountain copper · Greek
A rare silvery precious metal named after the asteroid Pallas · Greek
A green gem formed deep in the mantle
New Zealand greenstone, treasured by Maori · Maori
A pale green stone with a waxy glow · Dutch
A cut crystal that splits light into rainbows
Fool's gold, with a bright metallic shine · Greek
A hard glassy mineral found in rock the world over
A banded stone of brown and white layers · Greek
A black, carbon rich rock from Karelia in Russia
A brown to grey variety of quartz
Black volcanic glass flecked with white
A deep blue stone marbled with white · English
A brilliant gem long mistaken for ruby · Latin
A feldspar that glitters with tiny mineral flecks
A banded golden brown quartz that shimmers like a cat's eye
A golden striped stone with a silky shine
A soft silvery metal, short and sweet
A blue green stone prized across the American southwest
A mottled green and pink stone · English
A blue grey metal, a zippy short name
A mineral family that includes tanzanite · German