127 crystals
Yellow & Gold Crystals
What Makes Minerals Yellow & Gold?
Yellow in minerals most commonly comes from iron in specific oxidation states. Citrine's yellow is from Fe³⁺ color centers. Sulfur produces vivid yellow in native sulfur and bumble bee jasper. Gold's yellow is intrinsic - it results from relativistic effects on gold's electron orbitals that cause it to absorb blue light. Yellow topaz, yellow sapphire, and heliodor (yellow beryl) each achieve yellow through different trace element mechanisms.

Adamite
The Neon Crystal

Amber
The Window to Prehistoric Life

Amblygonite
The Lithium Light Stone

Ametrine
The Two-Toned Gem

Analcime
The Zeolite Cube Crystal

Andalusite
The Poor Man's Alexandrite

Andradite Garnet
The Collector's Garnet

Anglesite
The Lead Crystal Jewel

Aragonite
The Earth Healer

Arsenopyrite
The Arsenic Iron Sulfide

Astrophyllite
The Star Leaf

Barite
The Heavy Spar

Blue Amber
Dominican fossilized resin that fluoresces brilliant blue under sunlight and UV

Brazilianite
The Chartreuse Gem

Bronzite
The Bronze Shield

Bumble Bee Jasper
The Radiant Stone

Calcite
The Shapeshifter

Carnelian
The Singer's Stone

Cassiterite
The Tin Stone

Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl
The Winking Stone

Cat's Eye Moonstone
The Dual-Phenomenon Feldspar

Celestite
The Stone of Angels

Chalcopyrite
The Peacock Mineral

Chiastolite
The Cross Stone

Chrysoberyl
The Cat's Eye Gem

Chrysotile
The Serpentine Fiber

Citrine
The Merchant's Stone

Clinohumite
The Rare Orange Fire of the Pamir Mountains

Crazy Lace Agate
The Laughter Stone

Danburite
The Angel's Stone

Demantoid
The Diamond-Fire Garnet

Demantoid Garnet
The Green Fire

Diamond
The Invincible

Diaspore
The Color-Change Gem

Dolomite
The Stabilizer

Dravite
The Earthen Tourmaline

Elestial Quartz
The Crystal of a Thousand Faces

Emerald
The Stone of Successful Love

Epidote
The Stone of Increase

Euclase
The Collector's Blue Rarity

Fire Agate
The Flame Within

Fire Opal
The Aztec Sun Stone

Fire Quartz
Quartz Captured in Iron Flame

Fluorapatite
The Gemstone in Your Teeth

Fluorite
The Genius Stone

Gaspeite
The Apple Green Nickel Stone

Goethite
The Poet's Iron

Gold
The Eternal Metal

Golden Healer Quartz
The Solar Catalyst

Green Calcite
The Heart Cleanser

Grossular Garnet
The Rainbow Garnet

Gypsum
The Crystal Cave Builder

Heliodor
The Golden Beryl

Hematoid Quartz
The Fire Crystal

Hessonite Garnet
The Cinnamon Stone

Hiddenite
The Emerald's Lithium Cousin

Honey Calcite
Liquid Sunshine in Stone

Imperial Topaz
The Crown Jewel of Topaz

Iolite
The Viking Compass

Jasper
The Supreme Nurturer

Jeremejevite
One of Earth's Rarest Gems

Koroit Opal
The Painted Ironstone

Labradorite
The Stone of Transformation

Legrandite
The Electric Yellow Crystal

Libyan Desert Glass
The Gem of the Sahara

Marcasite
Pyrite's Unstable Twin

Mimetite
The Imitator

Moissanite
The Space Diamond

Mookaite
The Australian Sunset Stone

Muscovite
The Silver Mica

Native Sulfur
The Brimstone

Natrolite
The Needle Stone

Nuummite
The Sorcerer's Stone

Ocean Jasper
The Orbicular Stone

Oligoclase
The Sunstone Mother Mineral

Olivine
The Mantle Mineral

Optical Calcite
The Viking Sunstone

Orange Calcite
The Liquid Sunshine

Oregon Sunstone
The Copper-Lit State Gem

Orpiment
The Golden Arsenic

Orthoclase
The Foundation Feldspar

Peacock Ore
The Stone of Happiness

Pearl
The Gem of the Sea

Peridot
The Evening Emerald

Petrified Wood
Time Written in Stone

Phenakite
The Deceiver's Crystal

Pietersite
The Tempest Stone

Prehnite
The Healer's Stone

Pyrite
The Fool's Gold

Pyromorphite
The Victory Stone

Rainbow Garnet
The Iridescent Andradite

Rainbow Lattice Sunstone
The One-Mine Australian Marvel

Red Beryl
The Scarlet Emerald

Rhodizite
The Cesium Borate of Madagascar

Rutilated Quartz
Venus Hair Stone

Rutile
The Titanium Needle

Sandstone
The Desert Archive

Sapphire
The Gem of the Heavens

Scapolite
The Shaft Stone

Scheelite
The Ultraviolet Gem

Selenite
The Liquid Light

Septarian
The Dragon Stone

Serpentine
The Serpent Stone

Sinhalite
The Gem Mistaken for Peridot

Smithsonite
The Pastel Zinc Carbonate

Sphalerite
The Fire Diamond

Sphene (Titanite)
More Fire Than Diamond

Spirit Quartz
The Fairy Quartz

Spodumene
The Lithium Giant

Staurolite
The Fairy Cross

Stilbite
The Dream Stone

Strawberry Calcite
The Blushing Calcite

Strawberry Quartz
The Stone of Universal Love

Sunstone
The Stone of Light

Tangerine Quartz
The Sun-Kissed Crystal

Tiger Iron
The Banded Triad

Tiger's Eye
The Stone of Courage

Titanite
The Fire of Titanium

Topaz
The Stone of Clarity

Verdelite
The Green Tourmaline

Vesuvianite
The Volcano's Gemstone

Wavellite
The Starburst Mineral

Wulfenite
The Painter's Stone

Yellow Sapphire
Pukhraj, the Stone of Jupiter

Yooperlite
The Glowing Stones of Lake Superior

Zincite
The Neon Zinc Crystal

Zircon
The Eldest Gem