swap_horiz Emerald Alternatives

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Diamond

Diamonds are crystalline structures composed entirely of pure carbon. Their exceptional hardness—the highest among known...

Jewelry Carbon Precious Colorless

9.9 Brilliant

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Ruby

The ruby is a highly valued gemstone derived from corundum, known for its intense red color. Its significance stems from...

Jewelry Red Precious Corundum

9.6 Brilliant

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Blue Sapphire

A blue sapphire is a highly valued gemstone derived from corundum. Its intense blue color arises from trace elements wit...

Blue Jewelry Precious Corundum

9.5 Brilliant

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Jadeite

Jadeite is a dense, silicate mineral classified as a pyroxene. It’s notable for its vibrant green color, strongest in va...

Green Jewelry Asian Culture Pyroxene

9.1 Excellent

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Demantoid Garnet

Demantoid garnet is a rare gemstone belonging to the andradite group. It’s notable for its exceptionally high dispersion...

Green Jewelry Rare High Dispersion

9.1 Excellent

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Tsavorite Garnet

Tsavorite garnet is a vibrant green gemstone composed of the mineral grossular. Initially found in Tanzania’s Merelani H...

Green Jewelry East Africa Vivid

8.8 Great

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Imperial Topaz

Imperial topaz is a distinct and rare variety of the mineral topaz, characterized by its golden-orange to pink-orange co...

Jewelry Topaz Precious Orange Pink

8.2 Great

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Hiddenite

Hiddenite is a rare green gemstone variety of the mineral spodumene, recognized for its pale to deep emerald-like green...

North Carolina Green Jewelry Rare

7.5 Good

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Golden Beryl

Golden beryl is a transparent yellow to golden variety of the mineral beryl, the same mineral family that includes emera...

Transparent Warm Jewelry Yellow

7.4 Good

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Morganite

Morganite is a pink to peach variety of beryl, the same mineral family that includes emerald and aquamarine. Its color i...

Pink Romantic Jewelry Pastel

7.1 Good

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Verdelite

Verdelite is the trade and gemological name commonly used for green tourmaline, especially green elbaite. Its color can...

Mid Range Varied Green Jewelry

7.0 Good

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Heliodor

Heliodor is a yellow to yellow-green variety of beryl, the mineral family that also includes emerald and aquamarine. Its...

Jewelry Yellow Sun Golden

7.0 Good

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Peridot

Peridot is the gem-quality form of olivine, a mineral whose green color comes mainly from iron in its crystal structure....

Green Jewelry Volcanic Olivine

6.5 Fair

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Moldavite

Moldavite is a natural glass classified as a tektite, formed from terrestrial material melted and ejected during the met...

Glass Green Jewelry Extraterrestrial

6.5 Fair

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Malachite

Malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral with the chemical formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. It commonly forms opaque,...

Green Jewelry Banded Carbonate

5.5 Mediocre

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Goshenite

Goshenite is the colorless variety of beryl, the mineral family that also includes emerald and aquamarine. Its name refe...

Transparent Jewelry Pure Colorless

5.5 Mediocre

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Vesuvianite

Vesuvianite is a calcium-aluminum silicate mineral that forms mainly in contact-metamorphic rocks and some skarns. It oc...

Complex Green Jewelry Idocrase

5.5 Mediocre

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Actinolite

Actinolite is a calcium magnesium iron amphibole mineral that forms a compositional series with tremolite. It commonly o...

Green Jewelry Amphibole Fibrous

5.2 Mediocre

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Prehnite

Prehnite is an orthorhombic calcium aluminosilicate mineral with the formula Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2. It was described in 1788...

Green Pale Jewelry Translucent

4.6 Poor

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Variscite

Variscite is a hydrated aluminum phosphate mineral with the formula AlPO4·2H2O. It usually forms as opaque to translucen...

Green Jewelry Rare Phosphate

4.6 Poor