Below please find a comprehensive list A-Z of most common precious and semi-precious gemstones with their characteristics (chemical names, formula, colors, structure, and locations where to find them).

List of Gemstones A-Z with Characteristics

A: Gemstones starting with Letter A

1. Agate
2. Alabaster
3. Albite
4. Amber
5. Amblygonite
6. Ammolite
7. Andalusite
8. Anthracite
9. Apatite
10. Aragonite
11. Axinite
12. Azurite

B: Gemstones starting with Letter B

1. Baryte
2. Benitoite
3. Beryl
4. Brazilianite
5. Bronzite
6. Bytownite 

C: Gemstones starting with Letter C

1. Calcite
2. Cassiterite
3. Celestine
4. Cerussite
5. Chalcedony
6. Chrysoberyl
7. Chrysocolla
8. Copal
9. Coral
10. Cuprite

D: Gemstones starting with Letter D

1. Danburite
2. Diaspore
3. Diopside
4. Dioptase
5. Dumortierite

E: Gemstones starting with Letter E

1. Emerald
2. Enstatite
3. Epidote
4. Euclase

F: Gemstones starting with Letter F

1. Fluorite

G: Gemstones starting with Letter G

1. Garnet
2. Granite
3. Gypsum

H: Gemstones starting with Letter H

1. Haüyne
2. Hematite
3. Hiddenite
4. Howlite
5. Hypersthene

 

I: Gemstones starting with Letter I

1. Iolite

J: Gemstones starting with Letter J

1. Jade and Jadeite
2. Jet

K: Gemstones starting with Letter K

1. Kornerupine
2. Kunzite
3. Kyanite

L: Gemstones starting with Letter L

1. Labradorite
2. Lapis Lazuli
3. Lazulite
4. Limestone

M: Gemstones starting with Letter M

1. Marble
2. Malachite
3. Microcline
4. Moldavite
5. Moonstone
6. Mother-of-pearl

N: Gemstones starting with Letter N

1. Nephrite

O: Gemstones starting with Letter O

1. Obsidian
2. Onyx
3. Opal
4. Orthoclase

P: Gemstones starting with Letter P

1. Peanut Wood
2. Pearl
3. Pectolite
4. Peridot
5. Petalite
6. Pezzottaite
7. Phenakite
8. Phosphophyllite
9. Prehnite
10. Pollucite
11. Pyrite

Q: Gemstones starting with Letter Q

1. Quartz

R: Gemstones starting with Letter R

1. Rhodochrosite
2. Rhodonite
3. Ruby
4. Rutile

 

S: Gemstones starting with Letter S

1. Sandstone
2. Sapphire
3. Scapolite
4. Scheelite
5. Serpentine
6. Sepiolite
7. Shell
8. Sillimanite
9. Smithsonite
10. Soapstone
11. Sodalite
12. Sphalerite
13. Spinel
14. Staurolite
15. Sugilite
16. Sunstone

T: Gemstones starting with Letter T

1. Taaffeite
2. Titanite
3. Topaz
4. Tourmaline
5. Turquoise

U: Gemstones starting with Letter U

V: Gemstones starting with Letter V

1. Variscite
2. Vesuvianite

W: Gemstones starting with Letter W

X: Gemstones starting with Letter X

Y: Gemstones starting with Letter Y

Z: Gemstones starting with Letter Z

1. Zircon 
2. Zoisite