swap_horiz Cancrinite Alternatives

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Andradite Garnet

Andradite is a calcium-iron nesosilicate mineral species belonging to the garnet group. It forms in contact metamorphic...

Collector Rare High Dispersion Garnet

8.1 Great

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Indicolite

Indicolite is the name commonly applied to blue or blue-green specimens of elbaite, a mineral in the tourmaline group. I...

Blue Collector Vibrant Rare

7.8 Good

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Pezzottaite

Pezzottaite is a rare mineral species recognized for its distinct raspberry-red to pink coloration, often utilized as a...

Collector Rare Madagascar Beryl

7.5 Good

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Purple Sapphire

Purple sapphire is a colored variety of the mineral corundum, distinct from ruby by its specific hue. The gemstone achie...

Collector Jewelry Rare Purple

7.5 Good

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Euclase

Euclase is a rare beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with the chemical formula BeAlSiO₄(OH). Its name derives from the...

Collector Rare Brazil Blue Green

7.1 Good

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Phenakite

Phenakite, also spelled phenacite, is a beryllium silicate mineral with the chemical formula Be2SiO4. It commonly forms...

Collector Rare Colorless Silicate

7.0 Good

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Brazilianite

Brazilianite is a sodium aluminium phosphate mineral with the chemical formula NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4. It was recognized as a...

Collector Rare Brazil Phosphate

7.0 Good

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Blue Amber

Blue amber is an uncommon variety of fossilized tree resin known for producing a blue or blue-green appearance under ult...

Organic Collector Rare Dominican Republic

7.0 Good

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Topazolite Garnet

Topazolite is a yellow to greenish-yellow variety of andradite, a calcium-iron garnet. It is known from Alpine localitie...

Collector Rare Yellow Garnet

6.9 Fair

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Hambergite

Rare beryllium borate mineral described in 1883 by W.C. Brøgger and named after Swedish geographer Axel Hamberg; gem-qua...

Collector Rare Colorless Borate

6.7 Fair

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Iris Agate

A banded chalcedony with extremely thin, tightly-spaced layers that diffract transmitted light into full spectral rainbo...

Collector Rare Chalcedony Rainbow Diffraction

6.6 Fair

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Sillimanite

Aluminum silicate mineral forming one of three polymorphs with andalusite and kyanite; gem-quality material occurs in Sr...

Blue Collector Rare Silicate

6.4 Fair

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Neptunite

Potassium sodium lithium iron titanium silicate mineral forming black prismatic crystals with deep red internal color; f...

Collector California Rare Black Red

6.4 Fair

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Herderite

Calcium beryllium phosphate mineral forming colorless to pale yellow crystals; rare gem-quality specimens occur in Minas...

Collector Rare Crystal Phosphate

6.3 Fair

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Linarite

A copper lead sulfate hydroxide mineral regarded as one of the most intensely blue minerals known, forming deep azure pr...

Collector Deep Blue Rare Crystal

6.2 Fair

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Cassiterite

Tin oxide (SnO₂) and the primary ore of tin, occasionally faceted as a collector's gem for its refractive index near 2.0...

Collector Rare Brown Oxide

6.1 Fair

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Andesine

A plagioclase feldspar of the albite-anorthite series named after the Andes Mountains, occasionally displaying red-to-gr...

Collector Rare Color Change Feldspar

6.0 Fair

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Mimetite

A lead chloro-arsenate of the apatite group named from the Greek for 'imitator' due to its resemblance to pyromorphite,...

Collector Rare Crystal Yellow Orange

6.0 Fair

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Kornerupine Cat's Eye

Kornerupine cat's eye is a rare boro-silicate gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy, first discovered in 1884 in Greenland and...

Collector Jewelry Rare Chatoyant

5.8 Mediocre

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Achroite

Colorless variety of tourmaline; rarer than its colored counterparts, occurring in pegmatites in Madagascar, Brazil, and...

Transparent Collector Rare Tourmaline

5.8 Mediocre