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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)

Calcite (NMNH 166935)::10246489

Calcite with duftite

Demantoid bracelet (NMNH G10587)::12960578

Demantoid Bracelet

Descloizite (NMNH C7001)::10246437

Descloizite in dolomite

Eclogite (NMNH 116688)::10954455

Eclogite

Ensisheim (USNM 798)::1000946

Ensisheim

Fluorite gemstones::10246109

Fluorites

Hoba (USNM 6506)::1001023

Hoba

Hoba (2618)::10246248

Hoba

Jeremejevite (NMNH G11435)::12960607

Jeremejevite

Juvinas (USNM 6334)::1001065

Juvinas

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

Orgueil (USNM 388)::1001075

Orgueil meteorite

Phosgenite (NMNH G11637)::13069361

Phosgenite

Pyromorphite (NMNH 146262)::10246368

Pyromorphite

Quartz with Siderite (NMNH C2022)::10246333

Quartz on siderite

NMNH B212::1000837

Silver

NMNH 123742, view 2::1000900

Silver

NMNH 137559::1000901

Smithsonite

NMNH 170827::1000973

Spessartine

Staurolite-bearing schist (NMNH 137488)::10954701

Staurolite

Oligoclase sunstone (NMNH G3273)::10246097

Sunstone

Tennantite (NMNH R8534)::11194484

Tennantite

Group of Gems (NMNH G3548, G8817, G4941, G8456)::10246120

Unusual Gems

Wulfenite (NMNH 166974)::10246396

Wulfenite

NMNH 19036::1000829

Zircon with biotite and feldspar