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Gemstone
Crystal System
Density
Hardness
Refractive index
Treatments
Agate
microcrystalline
2.66
6.5-7.0
1.544-1.553
dying
Alexandrite
orthorhombic
3.72
8.5
1.746-1.755
dying
Beryl
hexagonal
2.72
7.5-8.9
1.577-1.583
heat, radiation, fracture filling, oiling
Bloodstone
microcrystalline
2.60
6.5-7.0
1.535-1.539
none
Chrysoprase
microcrystalline
2.65
7
1.564-1.660
dying
Corundum
trigonal
4.00
9.0
1.762-1.770
none
Demantoid
cubic
3.84
6.5-7.0
1.875
none
Diamond
cubic
3.52
10
2.417
radiation, drilling, fracture filling
Diopside
monoclinic
3.29
5-6
1.675-1.701
none
Emerald
hexagonal
2.72
7.5-8.0
1.746-1.755
dying, fracture filling, oiling
Garnet
cubic
3.40
5.5-6.5
1.700-1.746
none
Jadeite
microcrystalline
3.34
6.5-7.0
1.660-1.680
dying
Malachite
microcrystalline
3.95
3.5-4.0
1.660-1.910
reconstitution
Maw Sit Sit
aggregate
2.5 - 3.5
6.0-7.0
1.52 - 1.74
none
Moldavite
amorphous
2.40
5.50
1.50
none
Nephrite
microcrystalline
2.40
2.95
1.606-1.632
none
Sapphire
hexagonal
4.00
9
1.762-1.770
heat, fracture filling
Spinel
cubic
3.60
8
1.718
none
Tsavorite
cubic
3.84
6.5 - 7
1.73 - 1.75
none
Tourmaline
trigonal
3.06
7.0-7.5
1.624-1.644
heat
Varisite
orthorhombic
2.50
4.0-5.0
1.560-1.590
none
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