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Object Type

Gems(35)
Minerals(3)

Locality

Afghanistan(1)
Brazil(3)
Ethiopia(1)
Germany(1)
Japan(2)
Kenya(1)
Madagascar(4)
Mexico(2)
Mozambique(2)
Namibia(1)
Pakistan(2)
Russia(1)
Sri Lanka(2)
Tajikistan(1)
Tanzania(5)
United States(6)
Vietnam(1)

Donor

Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collectors(3)
Mr. Dudley Blauwet(2)
Ms. Yuko Tanaka(2)
Chamberlain Fund(1)
Ms. Luciana Barbosa(1)
Mr. Thomas A. Cushman(1)
Coralyn W. Whitney(1)
Opalinda(1)
EyaOpal(1)
Mr. Campbell R. Bridges(1)
Mr. William "Bill" F. Larson(1)
Mr. Randy Coffin(1)
David Villwock(1)
Tricia and Michael Berns(1)
Somewhere in the Rainbow(1)
Mr. Daniel Sarros(1)

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Alexandrite Butterfly (NMNH G11815)::16905385

Alexandrite Butterfly

Baja Pearl Butterfly (NMNH G11816)::16905114

Baja Pearl Butterfly

Benitoite Brooch (NMNH G11821)::16929684

Benitoite Butterfly

Berns Quartz (NMNH 177451)::16905218

Berns Quartz

Titanite butterfly (NMNH G11818)::17143551

Brown Titanite (Sphene) Butterfly

Calcite (NMNH G10615)::11056798

Calcite

Perlberg tourmaline triplets (NMNH G10636, G10637, and G10638)::10980034

Elbaite

Elbaite (NMNH 177795)::16615054

Elbaite

Ethiopian Crystalline Opal (NMNH G10622)::11050123

Ethiopian Opals

Feldspar Butterfly (NMNH G11822)::17144369

Feldspar Butterfly

Fluorite (NMNH G10614)::13224720

Fluorite

Titanite (NMNH G11817)::17136338

Green Titanite (Sphene) Butterfly

Tsavorite (NMNH G10626)::11070820

Grossular (var. tsavorite)

Hiddenite Butterfly (NMNH G11823)::17143568

Hiddenite Butterfly

Jeremejevite Butterfly (NMNH G11824)::17143762

Jeremejevite Butterfly

Moonstone (NMNH G10627)::11075215

Moonstone

Nifontovite (NMNH G10625)::13224694

Nifontovite

Opal Butterfly (NMNH G11830)::17144068

Opal Butterfly

Pentahydroborite (NMNH G10624)::11056983

Pentahydroborite

Forsterite (var. peridot) (NMNH G10640-00)::10958502

Peridot

Peridot Butterfly (NMNH G11826)::17143867

Peridot Butterfly

Pyrope (var. rhodolite) (NMNH G10635-00)::10960846

Pyrope (var. rhodolite)

Quartz with anatase (NMNH G10628)::11057189

Quartz

Rhodochrosite Butterfly (NMNH G11825)::17143821

Rhodochrosite Butterfly

South Sea Pearl Ring (NMNH G10639)::11031031

South Sea Pearl Ring

Spessartine with garnet (NMNH G10621)::13224704

Spessartine

Spessartine Butterfly (NMNH G11827)::17143984

Spessartine Butterfly

Blue Spinel (NMNH G10629)::10953147

Spinel

Pink Spinel (NMNH G10630)::10953148

Spinel

Spinel Butterfly (NMNH G11819)::17143552

Spinel Butterfly

Stibiotantalite Butterfly (NMNH G11820)::17143554

Stibiotantalite Butterfly

Topaz Butterfly (NMNH G11828)::17144009

Topaz Butterfly

Tourmaline Butterfly (NMNH G11829)::17144041

Tourmaline Butterfly

Whitney Alexandrite composite (NMNH G10613)::14907970

Whitney Alexandrite

Yogo Sapphire Butterfly (NMNH G11831)::17144105

Yogo Sapphire Butterfly

Tanzanite (NMNH G11836)::17147414

Zoisite (var. Tanzanite)

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