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Every guide follows the same structure: what the stone tends to look like, what buyers usually choose it for, what to check before you buy, how it behaves in jewellery, and where ad or affiliate placements can sit cleanly.
Amethyst
Ranges from pale lilac to deep violet-purple, with natural colour variation between and within individual beads.
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Rose Quartz
Soft, translucent pale pink with a gentle milky haze and subtle internal cloud-like inclusions.
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Tiger's Eye
Warm golden-brown with a distinctive silky chatoyancy — a moving band of light that shifts as the stone is turned.
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Clear Quartz
Transparent to translucent colourless crystal, sometimes with fine internal inclusions or a slight icy white haze.
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Black Tourmaline
Opaque deep black, sometimes with faint vertical striations or a subtle lustre on polished surfaces.
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Citrine
Warm golden yellow to amber-orange, transparent with a sunny translucency and occasional natural inclusions.
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Labradorite
Dark grey base stone with a spectacular iridescent play of blue, green, and gold light called labradorescence.
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Moonstone
Translucent white to peach with a glowing blue-white adularescence — a floating inner light that moves across the surface.
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Carnelian
Warm translucent orange-red to reddish-brown, with a glowing warmth when held up to the light.
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Aquamarine
Pale to medium blue-green with a clear watery translucency reminiscent of shallow tropical sea water.
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Lapis Lazuli
Rich opaque deep blue, often flecked with golden pyrite inclusions and occasional white calcite veining.
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Obsidian
Jet black volcanic glass with a smooth, glassy, highly reflective surface and conchoidal fracture pattern.
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Malachite
Vivid opaque green with distinctive banded or swirling patterns in alternating light and dark green.
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Garnet
Deep red to reddish-brown, transparent to translucent with a rich colour and glassy lustre.
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Pyrite
Metallic golden yellow with a brassy, mirror-like lustre and natural cubic or irregular crystal faces.
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Green Aventurine
Medium green with a sparkling shimmer caused by tiny reflective inclusions called aventurescence.
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