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Metallic Gems

 

 

Many gems are produced from metallic minerals containing elemental metals as the main part of their chemistry. These gems contain elemental metals such as copper, cobalt, iron, lead, nickel, platinum, titanium and zinc. Others, such as gold and silver, are native elements. Some gems, such as Campbellite and Mohawkite, are a conglomeration of several metals and other minerals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alabandite

 

Altaite

 

Antimony

 

Arsenic
Alabandite

 

Altaite

 

Antimony

 

Arsenic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arsenopyrite

 

Aschamalmite

 

Berzelianite

 

Bornite
Arsenopyrite

 

Aschamalmite

 

Berzelianite

 

Bornite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bournonite

 

Campbelite

 

Carrolite

 

Chalcocite
Bournonite

 

Campbellite

 

Carrolite

 

Chalcocite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chalcopyrite

 

Chromite

 

Clausthalite

 

Cobaltite
Chalcopyrite

 

Chromite

 

Clausthalite

 

Cobaltite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbite-(Fe)

 

Copper

 

Coronadite

 

Covellite
Columbite-(Fe)

 

Copper

 

Coronadite

 

Covellite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cubanite

 

Cylindrite

 

Digenite

 

Enargite
Cubanite

 

Cylindrite

 

Digenite

 

Enargite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbite-(Fe)

 

Tantalite

 

Freibergite

 

Galena
Ferrocolumbite

 

Ferrotantalite

 

Freibergite

 

Galena

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gersdorffite with an Annabergite vein

 

Goethite

 

Native Gold

 

Hematite
Gersdorffite

 

Goethite

 

Gold (native)

 

Hematite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ilmenite

 

Kamacite (Iron Octahedrite)

 

Kamacite (Iron Octahedrite)

 

Kobellite
Ilmenite

 

Iron Octahedrite

 

Kamacite

 

Kobellite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limonite

 

Magnetite

 

Magnetite

 

Marcasite
Limonite

 

Luzonite

 

Magnetite

 

Marcasite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marmatite

 

Mohawkite

 

Molybdenite

 

Nickeline
Marmatite

 

Mohawkite

 

Molybdenite

 

Nickeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pallasite

 

Perovskite

 

Platinum

 

Pulsite
Pallasite

 

Perovskite

 

Platinum (native)

 

Pulsite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pyrite

 

Pyrrhotite

 

Renierite

 

Romanèchite
Pyrite

 

Pyrrhotite

 

Renierite

 

Romanèchite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Native Silver

 

Skutterudite

 

Sperrylite

 

Stephanite
Silver (native)

 

Skutterudite

 

Sperrylite

 

Stephanite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stibnite

 

Sulvanite

 

Tantalite

 

Tellurium
Stibnite

 

Sulvanite

 

Tantalite-(Fe)

 

Tellurium (native)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenorite

 

Thalfenisite

 

Ullmannite

 

Valleriite
Tenorite

 

Thalfenisite

 

Ullmannite

 

Valleriite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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