swap_horiz Phenakite Alternatives

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Andradite Garnet

Andradite is a calcium-iron nesosilicate mineral species belonging to the garnet group. It forms in contact metamorphic...

Collector Rare High Dispersion Garnet

8.1 Great

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Zoisite

Zoisite is a calcium aluminum hydroxyl sorosilicate mineral belonging to the epidote group. It naturally occurs in a ran...

Collector Green Tanzania Silicate

8.1 Great

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Indicolite

Indicolite is the name commonly applied to blue or blue-green specimens of elbaite, a mineral in the tourmaline group. I...

Blue Collector Vibrant Rare

7.8 Good

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Pezzottaite

Pezzottaite is a rare mineral species recognized for its distinct raspberry-red to pink coloration, often utilized as a...

Collector Rare Madagascar Beryl

7.5 Good

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Purple Sapphire

Purple sapphire is a colored variety of the mineral corundum, distinct from ruby by its specific hue. The gemstone achie...

Collector Jewelry Rare Purple

7.5 Good

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Euclase

Euclase is a rare beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with the chemical formula BeAlSiO₄(OH). Its name derives from the...

Collector Rare Brazil Blue Green

7.1 Good

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Brazilianite

Brazilianite is a sodium aluminium phosphate mineral with the chemical formula NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4. It was recognized as a...

Collector Rare Brazil Phosphate

7.0 Good

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Blue Amber

Blue amber is an uncommon variety of fossilized tree resin known for producing a blue or blue-green appearance under ult...

Organic Collector Rare Dominican Republic

7.0 Good

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Topazolite Garnet

Topazolite is a yellow to greenish-yellow variety of andradite, a calcium-iron garnet. It is known from Alpine localitie...

Collector Rare Yellow Garnet

6.9 Fair

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Cerussite

Cerussite is lead carbonate, a mineral formed mainly in the oxidized zones of lead-bearing ore deposits. It crystallizes...

Collector Carbonate Colorless High Dispersion

6.8 Fair

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Idocrase

Idocrase is the traditional name for vesuvianite, a calcium aluminum silicate mineral that commonly forms in skarn and o...

Collector Silicate Green Yellow Vesuvianite

6.7 Fair

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Hambergite

Hambergite is a rare beryllium borate mineral first described in 1883 by the Norwegian mineralogist W. C. Brøgger. It wa...

Collector Rare Colorless Borate

6.7 Fair

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Willemite

Willemite is a zinc silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn2SiO4 and a minor source of zinc ore. It occurs in seve...

Zinc Collector Green Fluorescent

6.6 Fair

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Iris Agate

Iris agate is a finely banded variety of agate, a form of chalcedony, whose microscopic layers can produce a rainbow eff...

Collector Rare Chalcedony Rainbow Diffraction

6.6 Fair

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Sillimanite

Sillimanite is an aluminium silicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5, and one of three polymorphs that also in...

Blue Collector Rare Silicate

6.4 Fair

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Neptunite

Neptunite is an approved silicate mineral with the formula KNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24. It commonly forms black to dark-red mon...

Collector California Rare Black Red

6.4 Fair

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Achroite

Achroite is the colorless variety of tourmaline. It is valued by mineral collectors because most tourmaline crystals sho...

Transparent Collector Rare Tourmaline

5.8 Mediocre

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Neptunite Cat's Eye

Neptunite is a sodium, lithium, iron, titanium, and silicate mineral known especially from San Benito County, California...

Collector Rare Black Red Silicate

5.5 Mediocre

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Pumpellyite

Pumpellyite is a group of calcium, magnesium, aluminum, iron, and manganese silicate minerals formed mainly during low-g...

Collector Green Rare Metamorphic

5.1 Mediocre

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Ekanite

Ekanite is a rare thorium-bearing calcium silicate mineral with the ideal formula Ca2ThSi8O20. It was first found in the...

Collector Green Rare Radioactive

4.2 Poor