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African Gems (NMNH G10160, G10162, G10182)::11031104

African Gems

Demantoid (NMNH G11479)::12960612

Andradite (var. demantoid)

Demantoid (NMNH G11480)::12960611

Andradite (var. demantoid)

Ballinoo (USNM 254-1)::1001045

Ballinoo

Bencubbin (USNM 5625)::1001094

Bencubbin

Opal Ring (NMNH G4664)::10245983

Black Opal Ring

Calcite (NMNH 166935)::10246489

Calcite with duftite

Crocoite (NMNH 176124)::10962088

Crocoite with coronadite

Dark Jubilee Opal (NMNH G8827)::10245998

Dark Jubilee Opal

Demantoid bracelet (NMNH G10587)::12960578

Demantoid Bracelet

Descloizite (NMNH C7001)::10246437

Descloizite in dolomite

Fluorite gemstones::10246109

Fluorites

Henbury (USNM 1492)::1000949

Henbury

Hoba (USNM 6506)::1001023

Hoba

Hoba (2618)::10246248

Hoba

Jeremejevite (NMNH G11435)::12960607

Jeremejevite

NMNH 143996::1000828

Ludlockite with smithsonite

NMNH C5549::1000971

Malachite with azurite

Malachite with cuprite, quartz, and azurite (NMNH B14193)::1000970

Malachite with cuprite, quartz, and azurite

Mount Padbury (3454)::10246188

Mount Padbury

Mundrabilla (5914)::10246203

Mundrabilla

Murchison (USNM 5450)::1000916

Murchison

Murchison (USNM 403)::10246170

Murchison meteorite

Nephrite jade (NMNH G8835-00)::10960472

Nephrite Perfume Bottle

Opal (NMNH G8950)::10245993

Opal

Opal (NMNH G9266)::10246542

Opal

Opal (NMNH G3300)::10964577

Opal

Opal Peacock Brooch (NMNH G7987)::15324896

Opal Peacock Brooch

Opal (NMNH R6624)::10246003

Opal vertebra

Phosgenite (NMNH G11637)::13069361

Phosgenite

Pyromorphite (NMNH 140267)::10246372

Pyromorphite

NMNH 137559::1000901

Smithsonite

NMNH 170827::1000973

Spessartine

Tennantite (NMNH R8534)::11194484

Tennantite

Tiffany Opal Necklace (NMNH G5120)::10245987

Tiffany Opal Necklace

Group of Gems (NMNH G1898, G8834, G8923, G8039, G9721, G3387, G3782)::10246119

Unusual Gems