swap_horiz Orthoclase 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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Grandidierite

Grandidierite is a borosilicate gemstone notable for its intense blue-green color and unique pleochroism – displaying di...

Jewelry Rare Borosilicate Madagascar

8.8 Great

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Crystal Opal

Crystal opal is a transparent to semi-translucent variety of precious opal characterized by its lack of body tone, which...

Transparent Jewelry Brilliant Play Of Color

8.4 Great

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Yellow Sapphire

Yellow sapphire is a colored variety of the mineral corundum, deriving its golden to yellow hues from trace amounts of i...

Bright Jewelry Yellow Vedic

8.2 Great

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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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Labradorite

Labradorite is a calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar mineral valued for labradorescence, an optical effect in which intern...

Jewelry Spectral Iridescent Labradorescence

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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Fire Opal

Fire opal is a variety of opal recognized primarily by its body color, which may be yellow, orange, or red and can range...

Transparent Jewelry Mexican Opal

6.8 Fair

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Spectrolite

Spectrolite is a trade name commonly used for a dark, strongly iridescent variety of labradorite feldspar associated wit...

Jewelry Intense Finnish Labradorescence

6.8 Fair

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Spodumene

Spodumene is a lithium aluminum silicate mineral in the pyroxene group, with the chemical formula LiAlSi2O6. It occurs i...

Transparent Jewelry Lithium Yellow Green

6.7 Fair

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Citrine

Citrine is a transparent variety of quartz colored yellow, golden, orange, or brownish orange by trace elements and stru...

Affordable Jewelry Yellow Quartz

6.0 Fair

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Lemon Quartz

Lemon quartz is a yellow variety of quartz used mainly as a decorative and jewelry stone. Its color can range from pale...

Affordable Popular Jewelry Yellow

5.8 Mediocre

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Sunstone

Sunstone is a variety of plagioclase feldspar known for aventurescence, a glittering optical effect produced when light...

Jewelry Orange Oregon Feldspar

5.7 Mediocre

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Cat's Eye Scapolite

Cat’s-eye scapolite is a variety of scapolite that displays chatoyancy, an optical effect in which reflected light forms...

Jewelry Rare Yellow Chatoyant

5.6 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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Rhodizite

Rhodizite is a rare mineral composed primarily of cesium, potassium, beryllium, aluminum, boron, and oxygen. It belongs...

Jewelry Madagascar Colorless Borate

5.5 Mediocre

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Bytownite

Bytownite is a calcium-rich member of the plagioclase feldspar solid-solution series, with composition between labradori...

Jewelry Rare Labrador Feldspar

4.6 Poor

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Amazonite

Amazonite is the blue-green variety of microcline, a potassium feldspar. It is typically opaque to translucent, with col...

Jewelry Opaque Streaked Feldspar

4.5 Poor

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Andesine-Labradorite

Andesine-labradorite is a trade name used for gem-quality plagioclase feldspar material whose composition and appearance...

Jewelry Congo Color Change Feldspar

4.5 Poor

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Sanidine

Sanidine is the high-temperature form of potassium feldspar, with a composition close to KAlSi3O8 and a monoclinic cryst...

Transparent Jewelry Volcanic Colorless

4.5 Poor