Browse by Gem Family

Gem families group related gemstones that share the same mineral species. For example, Ruby and Sapphire are both members of the Corundum family.

22Gem Families
31Total Gemstones

Beryl Family

4 gems

Mineral: Beryl (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈)

Includes emerald, aquamarine, morganite, heliodor, goshenite, and red beryl.

Malachite, azurite, rhodochrosite, smithsonite, and other carbonate minerals.

Chalcedony Family

2 gems

Mineral: Quartz (SiO₂)

Cryptocrystalline quartz including agate, jasper, carnelian, onyx, and chrysoprase.

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Beryl Family

4 gems

Beryl

Includes emerald, aquamarine, morganite, heliodor, goshenite, and red beryl.

Carbonate Gems

1 gem

Malachite, azurite, rhodochrosite, smithsonite, and other carbonate minerals.

Chalcedony Family

2 gems

Quartz

Cryptocrystalline quartz including agate, jasper, carnelian, onyx, and chrysoprase.

Chrysoberyl Family

1 gem

Chrysoberyl

Includes alexandrite (color-change) and cats eye chrysoberyl (chatoyant).

Corundum Family

4 gems

Corundum

Ruby and all sapphire colors. Second hardest gemstones after diamond.

Diamond Family

1 gem

Diamond

Colorless and fancy colored diamonds. Hardest natural material.

Feldspar Family

0 gems

Feldspar

Moonstone, labradorite, sunstone, amazonite, and orthoclase.

Fluorite Family

0 gems

Fluorite

Fluorite in all its rainbow colors. Defines hardness 4 on the Mohs scale.

Garnet Family

1 gem

Garnet

Diverse group including pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular, and andradite varieties.

Olivine Family

0 gems

Olivine

Peridot, the gem variety of the olivine mineral series.

Opal Family

2 gems

Opal

Precious opals with play-of-color and common opals including fire opal.

Organic Gems

0 gems

Pearl, amber, coral, jet, and ammolite - gems of biological origin.

Phosphate Gems

0 gems

Turquoise, apatite, variscite, and other phosphate minerals.

Pyroxene Family

1 gem

Pyroxene

Jadeite, diopside, chrome diopside, enstatite, bronzite, and hypersthene.

Quartz Family

1 gem

Quartz

Crystalline varieties like amethyst, citrine, smoky quartz, and rose quartz.

Rare Collector Gems

7 gems

Extremely rare minerals prized by collectors: painite, taaffeite, grandidierite, and more.

Spinel Family

1 gem

Spinel

Red, pink, blue, and black spinels. Historically confused with ruby and sapphire.

Spodumene Family

1 gem

Spodumene

Kunzite (pink) and hiddenite (green) gem varieties.

Topaz Family

1 gem

Topaz

Imperial topaz, blue topaz, white topaz, and other color varieties.

Tourmaline Family

2 gems

Tourmaline

Widest color range of any gem mineral. Includes rubellite, indicolite, and Paraíba.

Zircon Family

0 gems

Zircon

Natural zircon in blue, white, and other colors.

Zoisite Family

1 gem

Zoisite

Includes the famous tanzanite and pink thulite.