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