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All Crystals & Minerals A-Z
351 minerals, crystals, and stones with scientific profiles, identification guides, and formation geology.
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30AmethystAquamarineAventurineAgateAmazoniteAzuriteAlexandriteAmetrineAngeliteAragoniteApophylliteAmmoliteAmberApache TearAdamiteAqua Aura QuartzActinoliteAurichalciteAmblygoniteAuralite 23AstrophylliteAlmandine GarnetAndradite GarnetAjoiteAnhydriteArsenopyriteAnglesiteAnalcimeAndalusiteAndamooka Opal
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25C
34CitrineCarnelianClear QuartzChrysocollaChrysopraseCharoiteCelestiteCat's Eye ChrysoberylCalciteCrazy Lace AgateCrocoiteCavansiteCupriteCoralCaribbean CalciteChalcedonyCinnabarCassiteriteCobaltocalciteChrysoberylChrysanthemum StoneChiastoliteCovelliteCreediteChalcopyriteChrome DiopsideCryoliteChrysotileColtanChevron AmethystClinohumiteContra-luz OpalCathedral QuartzCat's Eye Moonstone
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14E
10F
10G
15H
16I
4J
4K
6L
14M
18N
6O
11P
32PyritePeridotPrehnitePietersitePhantom QuartzPearlPrasiolitePink OpalPeacock OrePyromorphitePreseli BluestonePicture JasperPetrified WoodParaíba TourmalinePink AmethystPurpuritePiemontitePlatinumPainitePolychrome JasperPhenakitePyrope GarnetProustitePeach MoonstonePeruvian OpalPink TourmalinePadparadschaPink SapphirePapagoitePargasitePink HalitePoppy Jasper
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2R
18S
42SeleniteSodaliteSmoky QuartzShungiteSugiliteSeraphiniteSapphireSpinelSunstoneSilverSnowflake ObsidianSpirit QuartzSeptarianSerpentineStrawberry QuartzSphaleriteScoleciteStilbiteStauroliteSuper SevenScheeliteStibniteSmithsoniteSardonyxSpessartine GarnetShattuckiteSlateSandstoneSoapstoneScapoliteShiva LingamSatin SparSpodumeneStar Rose QuartzSchorlStar SapphireStichtiteSphene (Titanite)Strawberry CalciteStar RubySinhaliteSerandite
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21U
3V
6W
5Y
2Z
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