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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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