There's not a lot we can say about gemstones beginning with N because there really aren't many! Sure, there are regionally named var

We've reached the halfway point of our Gemology guide! This week we bring you gemstones beginning with M... Mabe Pearls, Malachite, Marc

Lapis Lazuli is technically not a gemstone. It's a composition of up to 15 other minerals all fuzed together. Lapis Lazuli is famous for

Kunzite (have you ever heard of it?) is a stunning pastel pink crystal mineral. It has often been confused with rose quartz, tourmaline, and

Jade is actually two different minerals, Jadeite and Nephrite, that are very similar in appearance and feel. Both have been used for millenn

Iolite is often mistaken for many other blue gemstones, inlcuding sapphire, tanzanite and blue spinel, but analysis of it's composition

Hackmanite is pink sodalite mineral first noted in Greenland in 1896, but not found in gemstone quality until a discovery in Quebec in 1991.

Well this shouldn't take long; there really aren't that many and what we have are mostly variants of other minerals and gems! But if

Gemstones beginning with F are a little tricky to find; there are only a handful, and most are variants of other gemstones in 'fire'

Epidote makes a wonderful collectors' gem because of its stunning structural formations. It's most usually found in shades of green