Fancy Gemstone Names

This is an ever growing list of fancy gemstone trade names and the real stones behind the names

Gemstones

Trade Name

What is it really

Adelaide Ruby

Garnet

African Jade

Garnet

African Turquoise

Not Turquoise but Jasper

Alaskan Black Diamond

Hematite

Atlas Pearl

Imitation

Australian Jade

Chrysoprase Quartz

Australian Ruby

Garnet

Balas Ruby

Spinel

Blueberry Quartz

glass

Bohemian Ruby

Garnet

Canadian Lapis

Sodalite

Cape Ruby

Garnet

Chatham Emerald

Synthetic

Cherry Quartz

Glass

Chinese Charoite, Flower Sugilite, Lapidalite, Purple Bamboo Agate, Purple Quartzite

Fluorite in Quartz or Agate

Colorado Jade

Feldspar

German Lapis

Dyed blue Jasper

Gilson Opal

Man-made Opal

Goldstone

Glass

Green Opal

Chalcedony

Herkimer Diamond

German Diamond

Quartz

Honan Jade

Soapstone

Indian Jade

Aventurine Quartz

Japanese Amethyst

Synthetic Amethyst

Korean Jade

Serpentine

Lemon Jade

Serpentine

Madeira Topaz

Quartz

Matura Diamond

Colourless Zircon

Mexican Jade

Dyed Green Calcite

New Jade

Serpentine

Opalite

Glass

Oriental Emerald

Green Sapphire

Pineapple quartz

Glass

Russian Sugilite

Neither

Smokey Topaz

99% of the time it's Smokey Quartz

Soochow Jade

Serpentine, Soapstone

Water Sapphire

Iolite

White Horse Turquoise

Magnesite

White turquoise

No such thing

Yellow Turquoise

Often Jasper or Serpentine