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APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS American Federation Of Mineralogical Societies AFMS Approved Reference List Of Lapidary Material Names “Gem List” August 1996 Updated January 2003 AFMS Publications Committee B. Jay Bowman, Chair 1 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS ABALONE SHELL ANATASE ACHROITE ANDALUSITE ACTINOLITE CHIASTOLITE ADULARIA ANDESINE AGALMATOLITE ANDRADITE AGATE DEMANTOID AGATIZED BONE MELANITE AGATIZED CORAL TOPAZOLITE AGATIZED SHELL ANGLESITE AGATIZED WOOD ANHYDRITE BANDED AGATE ANORTHITE CARNELIAN ANORTHOCLASE DENDRITIC AGATE APACHE TEAR FIRE AGATE APATITE FLAME AGATE APOPHYLLITE FORTIFICATION AGATE AQUAMARINE IRIS AGATE ARAGONITE MOSS AGATE ARGILLITE ONYX AUGELITE PLUME AGATE AUSTRALITE SAGENITE AVENTURINE SARD AXINITE SARDONYX AZURITE TURRITELLA AGATE AZURMALACHITE AGATIZED BONE AGATIZED CORAL BAKERITE AGATIZED SHELL BANDED AGATE AGATIZED WOOD BANDED OBSIDIAN ALABASTER BARITE ALBITE BASANITE AVENTURINE BAYLDONITE MOONSTONE BAZZITE PERISTERITE BEDIASITE SUNSTONE BENTONITE ALEXANDRITE BERYL ALGODONITE AQUAMARINE ALLANITE BAZZITTE ALMANDINE EMERALD AMAZONITE GOLDEN BERYL AMAZONSTONE GOSHENITE AMBER HELIODOR AMBLYGONITE MAXIXE AMETHYST MORGANITE AMETRINE RED BERYL ANALCIME ROSTERITE 1 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS TRAPICHE EMERALD CHATHAM EMERALD BERYLLONITE CHATHAM RUBY BILLITONITE CHERT BINGHAMITE CHIASTOLITE BLACKMORITE CHLORASTROLITE BLACK OPAL CHONDRODITE BLOODSTONE CHROMDRAVITE BONE CHROMITE BORACITE CHRYSANTHEMUM STONE BOULDER OPAL CHRYSOBERYL BOWENITE ALEXANDRITE BRAZILIANITE CHRYSOCOLLA BRECCIATED JASPER CHRYSOPRASE BRONZITE CINNABAR BROOKITE CITRINE BUERGERITE CLINOZOISITE BYTOWNITE COAL JET CACHALONG COBALTITE CACOXENITE COLEMANITE CAIRNGORM COPAL CALCITE COPPER, COPPER IN MATRIX CALCITE ONYX COPROLITE ICELAND SPAR CORAL LUMACHELLE CORDIERITE SATIN SPAR CORUNDUM SHELL MARBLE RUBY TRAVERTINE SAPPHIRE CALCITE ONYX PADPARADSCHA CALIFORNITE COVELLITE CANCRINITE CROCOITE CARNELIAN CUBIC ZIRCONIA CASSITERITE CUPRITE CATAPLEITE CYPRINE CATLINITE PIPESTONE DALLASITE CELESTINE DANBURITE CELESTITE DATOLITE CELSIAN DEMANTOID CERUSSITE DENDRITIC AGATE CHALCEDONY DENDRITIC OPAL CHALCOCITE DIAMOND CHALCOPYRITE DIASPORE CHAPINITE DIATOMITE CHAROITE DIOPSIDE 2 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS DIOPTASE SANIDINE DOLOMITE SUNSTONE DOMEYKITE PARACELSIAN DOUBLE-FLOW OBSIDIAN PERTHITE DRAVITE PLAGIOCLASE DUMORTIERITE FERGUSONITE FERRIDRAVITE EILAT STONE FERROAN SPINEL ELAEOLITE FIBROLITE ELBAITE FIRE AGATE EMERALD FIRE OBSIDIAN CHATHAM EMERALD FIRE OPAL GILSON EMERALD FLAME AGATE INAMORE EMERALD FLINT TRAPICHE EMERALD FLUOBORITE ENSTATITE FLUORITE BRONZITE FORSTERITE EPIDOTE FORTIFICATION AGATE EUCLASE FOSSIL IVORY EUXENITE - (Y) FOWLERITE FRIEDELITE FELDSPAR FUSED VOLCANIC ASH ALBITE AVENTURINE GABBRO MOONSTONE GADOLINITE PERISTERITE GAHNITE SUNSTONE GANOSPINEL ANDESINE GARNET ANORTHITE ALMANDINE ANORTHOCLASE ANDRADITE BYTOWNITE DEMANTOID CELSIAN MELANITE LABRADORITE TOPAZOLITE SPECTROLITE GROSSULAR LARVIKITE HESSONITE MICROCLINE TSAVORITE AMAZONITE PYROPE AMAZONSTONE RHODOLITE OLIGOCLASE SPESSARTINE AVENTURINE UVAROVITE MOONSTONE GEARKSUTITE SUNSTONE GEODE ORTHOCLASE GGG or GADOLINIUM GALLIUM ADULARIA GARNET MOONSTONE GILSON EMERALD 3 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS GILSON LAPIS LAZULI IRIS AGATE GILSON OPAL IVORY, FOSSIL GILSON TURQUOISE GLASS JADE GOETHITE JADEITE GOLDEN BERYL NEPHRITE GOSHENITE SNOWFLAKE JADE GRANITE JADEITE GRANODIORITE JASPER GREENOCKITE BRECCIATED JASPER GROSSULAR CHAPINITE HESSONITE ORBICULAR JASPER TSAVORITE JET GYPSUM ALABASTER KASHAN RUBY SATIN SPAR KORNERUPINE SELENITE KUNZITE KYANITE HAMBERGITE HELIODOR LABRADORITE HEMATITE SPECTROLITE HEMIMORPHITE LAPIS LAZULI HERCYNITE GILSON LAPIS LAZULI HERDERITE LARIMAR HESSONITE LARVIKITE HEXAGONITE LAWSONITE HIDDENITE LAZULITE HODGKINSONITE LAZURITE HORN CORAL LEGRANDITE HOWLITE LEPIDOLITE HURLBUTITE LEUCITE HYALITE LIDDICOATITE HYDROPHANE LLANITE HYPERSTHENE LUDLAMITE LUMACHELLE ICELAND SPAR IDOCRASE MAGNESITE CALIFORNITE MAHOGANY OBSIDIAN CYPRINE MALACHITE VESUVIANITE MARBLE INAMORE ALEXANDRITE MARCASITE INAMORE EMERALD MARIPOSITE INAMORE RUBY MAXIXE INDICOLITE MEERSCHAUM IOLITE MELANITE 4 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS MESOLITE CACHALONG MIARGYRITE DENDRITIC OPAL MICROCLINE FIRE OPAL AMAZONITE HYALITE AMAZONSTONE HYDROPHANE MICROLITE MOSS OPAL MOHAWKITE OPALITE MOLDAVITE OPALIZED BONE MOONSTONE OPALIZED CLAM MORGANITE OPALIZED WOOD MORION OPAL MATRIX MOSS AGATE OPALITE MOSS OPAL OPALIZED BONE MOTHER OF PEARL OPALIZED CLAM MOZARKITE OPALIZED WOOD MYRICKITE NEPHRITE OPAL MATRIX NEPHELINE OPERCULUM ELAEOLITE ORBICULAR JASPER NEPHELINE SYENITE ORTHOCLASE NICKELINE ADULARIA NODULE MOONSTONE NOVACULITE SANIDINE SUNSTONE OBSIDIAN APACHE TEAR BANDED OBSIDIAN PADPARADSCHA DOUBLE-FLOW OBSIDIAN PAINITE FIRE OBSIDIAN PARACELSIAN MAHOGANY OBSIDIAN PAUA SHELL RAINBOW OBSIDIAN PEARL SHEEN OBSIDIAN PECTOLITE SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN PERICLASE OLIGOCLASE PERIDOT AVENTURINE PERISTERITE MOONSTONE PERTHITE SUNSTONE PETALITE OLIVINE PETOSKEY STONE FORSTERITE PETRIFIED ALGAE PERIDOT PETRIFIED BARK ONYX PETRIFIED BOG OPAL PETRIFIED BONE BLACK OPAL PETRIFIED FERN BOULDER OPAL PETRIFIED FRUIT 5 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS PETRIFIED GRASS RUTILATED QUARTZ PETRIFIED LEAF SMOKY QUARTZ PETRIFIED NUT TIGEREYE PETRIFIED PALM TOURMALINATED QUARTZ PETRIFIED ROOT PETRIFIED WOOD RAINBOW OBSIDIAN PHENAKITE REALGAR PHOSGENITE RED BERYL PHOSPHOPHYLLITE RHODIZITE PIPESTONE RHODOCHROSITE PLAGIOCLASE RHODOLITE PLASMA RHODONITE PLUME AGATE FOWLERITE POLLUCITE RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WONDERSTONE PRASE ROCK CRYSTAL PREHNITE ROGUEITE PHOSOPITE ROMANECHITE PROUSTITE ROSE QUARTZ PUMPELLYITE ROSTERITE PYRARGYRITE RUBELLITE PYRITE RUBY PYROPE INAMORE RUBY RHODOLITE KASHAN RUBY PYROXMANGITE RUTILATED QUARTZ RUTILE QUARTZ AMETHYST SAGENITE AVENTURINE QUARTZ SAMARSKITE BLOODSTONE SANDSTONE CAIRNGORM SANIDINE CHALCEDONY SAPPHIRE CHERT PADPARADSCHA CHRYSOCOLLA SARD CHRYSOPRASE SARDONYX CITRINE SATIN SPAR DUMORTIERITE QUARTZ SCAPOLITE FLINT SCHEELITE JASPER SCHORL MORION SCORODITE NOVACULITE SCORZALITE PRASE SELENITE ROCK CRYSTAL SEPIOLITE ROGUEITE SEPTARIAN ROSE QUARTZ SERANDITE 6 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS SERENDIBITE SUNSTONE SERPENTINE SYENITE BOWENITE CHRYSOTILE TAAFFEITE VERDE ANTIQUE TALC WILLIAMSITE AGALMATOLITE SHATTUCKITE SOAPSTONE SHEEN OBSIDIAN STEATITE SHELL TANZANITE ABALONE SHELL TEKTITE PAUA SHELL AUSTRALITE TORTOISE SHELL BEDIASITE SHELL MARBLE BILLITONITE SIDERITE MOLDAVITE SILLIMANITE THOMSONITE SIMPSONITE THULITE SINHALITE THUNDEREGG SLATE TIGEREYE SMITHSONITE TIGER-IRON SMOKY QUARTZ TITANITE SNOWFLAKE JADE TOPAZ SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN TOPAZOLITE SOAPSTONE TORTOISE SHELL SODALITE TOURMALINATED QUARTZ SPECTROLITE TOURMALINE SPESSARTINE BUERGERITE SPHAEROCOBALTITE DRAVITE SPHALERITE ELBAITE SPHENE ACHROITE TITANITE INDICOLITE SPINEL RUBELLITE CHLOROSPINEL VERDELITE GAHNOSPINEL LIDDICOATITE PLEONASTE SCHORL SPODUMENE UVITE HIDDENITE TRAPICHE EMERALD KUNZITE TRAVERTINE TRIPHANE TREMOLITE STAUROLITE TRIPHANE STEATITE TSAVORITE STIBIOTANTALITE TURQUOISE STICHTITE GILSON TURQUOISE STRONTIUM TITANITE TURRITELLA AGATE SUGILITE SULFUR ULEXITE 7 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules APPROVED NAMES FOR LAPIDARY LABELS UNAKITE WOOD CAST UVAROVITE WULFENITE UVITE XENOTIME VANADINITE YAG or YTTRIUM ALUMINUM VARISCITE GARNET VERDE ANTIQUE VERDELITE ZINCITE VERDITE ZIRCON VESUVIANITE ZOISITE VIVIANITE TANZANITE THULITE WAGNERITE WILLEMITE WILLIAMSITE WITHERITE WONDERSTONE 8 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document can only be downloaded at: http://ww.amfed.org/rules GLOSSARY OF DISCREDITED NAMES NOT TO BE USED ON LABELS EXOTIC WOODS AFRICAN BROWNWOOD (Ashes and Oaks) AVODRE REDWOOD BURL BENGE ROSEWOOD BIRCH (Brazilian, Indian) BOXWOOD SANDALWOOD BUTTERNUT SAPELI CAMPHOR SATINWOOD CHESTNUT SHEMBURA FRUITWOODS TEAK (Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Fig, TIGERWOOD Lemon, Lime, Peach) TULIP GINGKO WALNUT GUM (African, Domestic, Indian) (Black, Eucalyptus, Red, Southern) WILLOW HOLLY YEW IRONWOOD ZEBRAWOOD KOA KORINA LACEWOOD LAUREL (Domestic, East Indian) LIMBA MACASSAR EBONY MAGNOLIA MAHOGANY (African, Honduras, Lauan, Tanguile) MAKORI MANZANITA MAPLE (Birdseye, Curly, Rock, etc.) MYRTLE NARRA OLIVE ORIENTAL WOOD PALDAO PECAN PRIMAVERA QUERCAS 9 Internet version of Approved Lapidary Material Names. This document may only be downloaded at: http://www.amfed.org/rules/ GLOSSARY OF DISCREDITED NAMES NOT TO BE USED ON LABELS Discredited Name Description And/Or Definition Achirite Dioptase Adamantine Spar Silky brown sapphire Adinol A silicified porphyry or diabase Aeroides Pale sky-blue aquamarine Agaphite Vitreous variety of Persian turquoise Agstein Jet