Alternative gemstone names

Alternative gemstone names and related Gemval data sections:

Mineral group name or alternative name
(not used by Gemval)
Name used by Gemval:
Achroite (colorless Tourmaline) Tourmaline
Andradite Demantoid
Chrysolite Peridot
Cordierite Iolite
Corundum Ruby, Sapphire
Elbaite Tourmaline
Feldspar Labradorite, Sunstone
Fluorspar Fluorite
Goshenite (white Beryl) Beryl
Grossular Hessonite, Tsavorite
Heliodor ("golden", yellow Beryl) Beryl
Hiddenite Kunzite
Indicolite (bluish green Tourmaline) Tourmaline
Mandarin garnet Spessartite
Morion (smoky Quartz) Quartz
Morganite (pink Beryl) Beryl
Olivine Peridot
Paraiba (rare greenish blue variety of Tourmaline; brazil) Tourmaline
Prasiolite (green Amethyst) Amethyst
Smoky Quartz Quartz
Spectrolite (blue variety of Labradorite; Finland) Labradorite
Spessartine Spessartite
Spodumene Kunzite
Titanite Sphene
Verdelite (green Tourmaline) Tourmaline
Vernerite Scapolite
Vesuvianite Idocrase
Water Sapphire Iolite
Zoisite Tanzanite

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