A brief summary of the jewelry industry's most famous gemstones. Click on the name of the gemstone you prefer to know about. After reading the article you will have successfully learnt about the whereabouts of a particular gemstone along with its properties.

A concise glossary of the jewelry industry's most popular types of gemstones. Click on the name of your preferred gemstone to read more about its origins and properties.For a list of birthstones, anniversary stones or zodiac stones, visit our Gemstone Occasions page where you'll find a detailed Birthstone Table and Anniversary Stone Chart.Before you start your shopping process, we recommend that you visit our extensive Jewelry Learning Center to learn more about engagement rings and wedding rings.

Agate

A novel assortment of the quartz family, agate is quite common and monetarily reasonable. It has a normal hardness of 6.5-7 on the Mohs scale. Agate is known for the kaleidoscopic groups that may be compared to tiger stripes or tree rings. This wonderful element is the thing that makes agate such a well known gemstone. Some confirmation demonstrates that agate has been utilized by human creatures for up to 15,000 years. Today Agate is mined in the United States, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Brazil, China, India, Africa and various other nations.