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Gemstones & Minerals A-Z

Can you name any common gemstone that starts with each letter?
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Last updated: January 14, 2025
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Letter
Answer
A
Abelsonite | Abenakiite | Abernathyite | Abhurite | Abswurmbachite +106 more
B
Babingtonite | Baddeleyite | Baotite | Barite | Barstowite +48 more
C
Cabriite | Cafetite | Calaverite | Calcite | Calderite +83 more
D
Danburite | Datolite | Davidite | Dawsonite | Delessite +14 more
E
Edingtonite | Ekanite | Elbaite | Elsmoreite | Emerald +15 more
F
Fabianite | Fassaita | Fayalite | Feldspar | Feldspathoid + 25 more
G
Gahnite | Galaxite | Galena | Garnet | Garnierite +29 more
H
Haggertyite | Haidingerite | Halite | Halloysite | Halotrichite +41 more
I
Idocrase | Idrialita | Ikalite | Illite | Ilmenite +4 more
J
Jacobsite | Jadarite | Jade | Jamesonite | Jarosewichite +7 more
K
Kaatialaite | Kadyrelite | Kainite | Kalininite | Kalinite +27 more
L
Labradorite | Lanarkite | Langbeinite | Lansfordite | Lanthanite +36 more
M
Mackinawite | Maghemite | Magnesia | Magnesioferrite | Magnesite +54 more
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Answer
N
Nabesite | Nacrite | Nagyagite | Nahcolite | Natrolite +20 more
O
Oligoclase | Olivenite | Olivine | Omphacite | Onyx +12 more
P
Painite | Palagonite | Palygorskie | Papagoite | Parachrysotile +51 more
Q
Quartz | Quenstedtite | Qusongite
R
Rambergite | Rammelsbergite | Realgar | Renierite | Rheniite +19 more
S
Sabatierite | Sabieite | Sabinaite | Safflorite | Salammoniac +79 more
T
Tachyhydrite | Taenite | Talc | Tantalite | Tantite +52 more
U
Uchucchacuaite | Uklonskovite | Ulexite | Ullmanite | Ultramarine +11 more
V
Vaesite | Valentinite | Vanadinite | Variscite | Vaterite +8 more
W
Wagnerite | Wardite | Warwickite | Wavellite | Weddellite +14 more
X
Xenotime | Xifengite | Xonotlite
Y
Ye'elimite | Ytterbite | Yttrialite | Yttrocerite | Yttrocolumbite
Z
Zabuyelite | Zaccagnaite | Zaherite | Zajacite | Zakharovite +23 more
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Level 45
Jul 24, 2025
Great quiz! Surprised by the diversity of minerals included here! Really proud of myself for knowing one 'x' mineral (I love my HREEs), but otherwise missed many common ones.