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61 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 61
This gem is a variety of the mineral beryl that can be blue or greenish-blue.
Tourmaline
Aquamarine
Moonstone
Diamond
Definition 2 of 61
This stone comes in white, gray, green, peach, brown and colorless. It also carries a billowy
blue sheen that makes any version of this stone popular.
Spinel
Alexandrite
Moonstone
Tourmaline
Definition 3 of 61
This famous gem is called the "Delhi Sapphire". It is supposed to be cursed because it was
stolen from a temple in India in 1855.
Amethyst
Kunzite
Peridot
Diamond
,Definition 4 of 61
This organic gem can be orange or golden brown, it can also be yellow or green
Amber
Spinel
Emerald
Garnet
Definition 5 of 61
This stone is an organic gem, like amber, because it comes from a living creature. This stone
comes in cultured or natural. Good quality versions of this stone that are perfect sphere's are
extremely hard to find
Opal
Spinel
Sapphire
Pearl
Definition 6 of 61
This gem's basic crystal shape is octahedron. The surface sometimes displays little triangle
shapes called "trigons"
Garnet
Amethyst
Emerald
Diamond
,Definition 7 of 61
This gem comes in other colors like green, orange, and purple-red but are less common and
more valuable
Garnet
Spinel
Emerald
Diamond
Definition 8 of 61
This gem formed more than a billion years ago and forms about 100mi. below the earth's
surface.
Diamond
Emerald
Garnet
Kunzite
Definition 9 of 61
This gem was once as valuable as a ruby or emerald, until more of this gem was found in Brazil.
This gem is the most valuable quartz gem
Diamond
Emerald
Peridot
Amethyst
, Definition 10 of 61
This stone has been used since early 600 AD. Early Burmese warriors carried this stone to
make them invincible in battle. They actually put this stone under their skin!
Amber
Ruby
Opal
Pearl
Definition 11 of 61
This gem has a light pink to violet color and is usually free from inclusions that you can see with
the eye. This gem also shows different colors from different angles
Kunzite
Sapphire
Diamond
Emerald
Definition 12 of 61
This stone is a mixture of two feldspar minerals that are layered inside this stone. When light
falls between these layers, it scatters in many directions. This phenomenon is called
adularescence
Moonstone
Morganite
Tanzanite
Sapphire
61 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 61
This gem is a variety of the mineral beryl that can be blue or greenish-blue.
Tourmaline
Aquamarine
Moonstone
Diamond
Definition 2 of 61
This stone comes in white, gray, green, peach, brown and colorless. It also carries a billowy
blue sheen that makes any version of this stone popular.
Spinel
Alexandrite
Moonstone
Tourmaline
Definition 3 of 61
This famous gem is called the "Delhi Sapphire". It is supposed to be cursed because it was
stolen from a temple in India in 1855.
Amethyst
Kunzite
Peridot
Diamond
,Definition 4 of 61
This organic gem can be orange or golden brown, it can also be yellow or green
Amber
Spinel
Emerald
Garnet
Definition 5 of 61
This stone is an organic gem, like amber, because it comes from a living creature. This stone
comes in cultured or natural. Good quality versions of this stone that are perfect sphere's are
extremely hard to find
Opal
Spinel
Sapphire
Pearl
Definition 6 of 61
This gem's basic crystal shape is octahedron. The surface sometimes displays little triangle
shapes called "trigons"
Garnet
Amethyst
Emerald
Diamond
,Definition 7 of 61
This gem comes in other colors like green, orange, and purple-red but are less common and
more valuable
Garnet
Spinel
Emerald
Diamond
Definition 8 of 61
This gem formed more than a billion years ago and forms about 100mi. below the earth's
surface.
Diamond
Emerald
Garnet
Kunzite
Definition 9 of 61
This gem was once as valuable as a ruby or emerald, until more of this gem was found in Brazil.
This gem is the most valuable quartz gem
Diamond
Emerald
Peridot
Amethyst
, Definition 10 of 61
This stone has been used since early 600 AD. Early Burmese warriors carried this stone to
make them invincible in battle. They actually put this stone under their skin!
Amber
Ruby
Opal
Pearl
Definition 11 of 61
This gem has a light pink to violet color and is usually free from inclusions that you can see with
the eye. This gem also shows different colors from different angles
Kunzite
Sapphire
Diamond
Emerald
Definition 12 of 61
This stone is a mixture of two feldspar minerals that are layered inside this stone. When light
falls between these layers, it scatters in many directions. This phenomenon is called
adularescence
Moonstone
Morganite
Tanzanite
Sapphire
