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Actinolite Agate

Ajoite

 Amazonite Amber Amethyst
Ametrine Ammolite Andalusite Aquamarine Aventurine Azurite
Bertrandite Bloodstone Cassiterite Cat's Eye Chalcedony Charoite
Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Chrysoprase Citrine Danburite Diamond
Diaspore  Diopside Dioptase  Dumortierite

Emerald

Epidote 

Euclase

 Fire Agate

Fluorite

Garnet

 Hematite

Hiddenite

Iolite

 Jade Jasper Kornerupine Kunzite Kyanite
Labradorite  Lapis

Malachite

 Moldavite Moonstone Morganite 
Obsidian Onyx

Opal

Pearl

 Peridot

Prehnite
Psilomelane Quartz

Rhodochrosite

 Rhodonite Ruby

Rutilated Quartz
Sapphire Sinhalite Sodalite Sphene Sugilite Sunstone
Tanzanite Tiger's Eye Topaz  Tourmaline  Tsavolite Turquoise 
Unakite Uvarovite Zircon  

Birthstones / State Gems and Rocks

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