Tourmaline Cleaning and Polishing

 

Introduction:

Thank you for your purchase.  Your treasure hunt has arrived and now the fun begins!  It is best evaluated under a good light source, such as a desk lamp.  This should give you a really good look at what you have. Each mix contains many different types of stones and below is an identification guide list for the most common 85 stones. The most popular stones in our 10 gemstone mix are highlighted in yellow to be easily spotted.

Please use caution around small children - these stones are very shiny and colorful and can present a choking hazard if ingested.
 
 

Gemstone Identification List:

Abalone - brilliant iridescent colors
Agate, Apricot - pastel orange to cream, usually banded
Agate, Banded Carnelian - orange pink to bright orange with banding or spots
Agate, Blue Lace - Light blue with lace banding
Agate, Blue Chalcedony - blue with thin flat seams of lace
Agate, Green Moss - mossy patterns in clear to white agate
Agate, Green Tree - Green Moss patterns in white agate
Agate, Turritella - small spiral shells in brown agate
Agatized Coral - colors of beige, pink, red to brown often with coral patterns
Amazonite - bright blue-green with some white streaks
Amethyst, Lilac - transslucent lilac
Amethyst - medium to dark purple
Apache Tears - clear to translucent, smoky obsidian
Aquamarine - blue to green translucent
Aventurine, Green - dark to medium green with flakes of mica
Aventurine, Pink - lighter color version of Red Aventurine
Aventurine, Red - sparkling burgundy red
Aventurine, White - silvery white with mica spangles
Beryl - medium opaque blue aquamarine
Bloodstone - dark green jasper with red spots and patches
Buddstone - mottled apple green
Carnelian - bright orange and light to dark orange
Celestite - translucent pale blue
Chrysoprase - medium green, opaque
Citrine - orange to light yellow with some clear to white quartz
Copper Nuggets - brightly colored native copper nuggets
Dalmation - black spots light grey quartzsite
Danburite - transparent colorless or very pale pink
Emerald - opaque emerald green
Garnet - purpleish red Amandine
Grossularlite - green with small black spots
Hematite - metallic grey color
Iolite - light to medium translucent blue
Jade "Vonsen Blue" - light to dark grey-blue nuggets
Jasper, Brecciated - red with white, cream, & black patterns
Jasper, Fancy - colorful mixtures of greens, reds, yellow, purples, etc.
Jasper, Ivory - warm beige color with some black dendrites
Jasper, Picture - brown scenic lines in tan Jasper with some blue-green "sky"
Jasper, Picture - dyed dark blue, turquoise, or coral
Jasper, Red - bright brick red with some creams
Jasper, Starry - red, black, and white with pyrite inclusions
Jasper, Yellow - yellow, beige, and brown mixtures
Labradorite - grey with light blue-gold flashes
Lapis Lazuli - bright blue with white/grey areas
Leopardskin - black-ringed yellow to reddish spots on cream to reddish background
Lepidolite - sparkling lavender mica
Magnesite - natural white with grey spiderweb lines
Malachite - light to dark banded green
Marble, Zebra - striped black and white or striped black with dued coral green, purple, or turquoise
Moonspar - dyed coral, blue, green, purple, red, or turquoise
Moonstone - soft beige-tan earth-tone colors
Obsidian, Black - jet black obsidian
Obsidian, Snowflake - black with white snowflakes
Peridot - translucent lime green
Picasso Stone - black lines criss-crossing brown to grey backgrounds
Pietersite - brecciated blue & gold tigereye
Prasiolite - greened Amethyst
Prehnite - light translucent green with brown markings
Pyrite - sparkling bright golden metallic
Quartz, Green - light to medium translucent green
Quartz, Orange - light to deep orange
Quartz, Peach - soft shades of peach
Quartz, Snow - snow white, mostly translucent
Quartz, Yellow - light to medium yellow
Rhodochrosite - pink usually banded
Rhodonite - light pink with some yellow & cream streaks
Rose Quartz - translucent medium pink
Ruby - red to pink
Rutilated Quartz - clear to smoky quartz with rutile needles
Sapphire - blue, pink, or yellow
Serpentine - chartreuse shades
Smoky Quartz - light to medium dark color with inclusions
Sodalite - light to medium dark blue, white lines in some pieces
Sunstone - cream colored feldspar with golden flashes of hematite
Sugilite - dark spot, bright medium purplr, sometimes mottled & spotted
Tigereye, Blue - blue brown
Tigereye, Gold - golden brown
Tigereye, Red - rich dark red
Topaz, Silver - clear
Tourmaline, Black - grey with silvery flashes
Tourmaline, Green - partly translucent
Tourmaline, Watermelon - pink or red and green
Turquesite - Magnesite nuggets dyed turquoise with black lines
Turquoise - light to medium blue
Unakite - mottled green and pink