Fake Gemstone names

by Mark

List of Fake and false gemstone names and its Preferred Gemological Names.

Fake Gemstone Names and Its Preferred Gemological Names
No.	False Name	Preferred Gemological Name
Beware of False and Deceptive Names of gemstones
1	German diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
2	Alaska Black diamond	Hematite
3	Adelaide Ruby	Almandite or garnet from Adelaide, Australia.
4	African emerald	Green fluorite from Namibia.
5	African jade	Green grossular garnet.
6	Alabandine ruby	Almandine garnet.
7	Alabaster onyx	Banded travertine or stalagmatic calcite.
8	Alaska Diamond	Rock Crystal (Quartz)
9	Alaska jade	Pectolite.
10	Alencon diamond	Quartz (rock crystal).
11	Alexandrine	Synthetic corundum or spinel
12	Alexandrite garnet	Color change garnet.
13	Almandine spinel	Lab grown spinel.
14	Alpine diamond	Pyrites.
15	Amazon jade	Amazonite (a feldspar).
16	Amberine	Yellowish green moss agate.
17	American Jade	Green idocrase
18	American Ruby	Pyrope or almandite(Garnet) or rose quartz
19	Ancona ruby	Rose quartz.
20	Andesine jade	Andesine.
21	Antilles pearl	Mother of pearl
22	Aqua gem	Light blue synthetic spinel.
23	Aqualite	Blue tourmaline.
24	Arabian magic diamond	Lab grown colorless or yellow corundum.
25	Arizona Ruby	Pyrope (garnet)
26	Arizona Spinel	Red or Green garnet
27	Arkansas diamond	Rock Crystal (Quartz)
28	Australian amber	Kauri resin.
29	Australian ruby	Garnet.
30	Baffa diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
31	Balas ruby	Red Spinel
32	Bastard emerald	Peridot, green quartz, or nearly any green stone.
33	Beach moonstone	Quartz.
34	Bengal amthyst	Purple sapphire.
35	Berilo	Green apatite.
36	Black amber	Jet.
37	Black Hills ruby	Garnet.
38	Blue Alexandrite	Color change sapphire
39	Blue malachite	Azurite.
40	Blue moonstone	Artificially blue tinted chalcedony
41	Blue opal	Lazulite.
42	Blue talc	Kyanite.
43	Bohemian Chrysolite	Moldavite (Natural glass)
44	Bohemian diamond	Rock Crystal (quartz)
45	Bohemian emerald	Green fluorspar.
46	Bohemian ruby	Pyrope (garnet) or rose quartz
47	Bohemian topaz	Citrine
48	Bottlestone	Moldavite cut gems.
49	Brazilian aquamarine	Blue green topaz
50	Brazilian ruby	Red or ping topaz
51	Brazilian Sapphire	Blue Tourmaline
52	Briancon diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
53	Brighton diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
54	Bristol diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
55	Broghton emerald	Glass emerald simulant.
56	Burma sapphire	Lab grown blue corundum.
57	Buxton diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
58	California jade	Californite.
59	California moonstone	Chalcedony.
60	Californian ruby	Hessonite (grossular garnet)
61	Canadian lapis	Sodalite.
62	Candy spinel	Almandite (garnet)
63	Cape emerald	Prehnite.
64	Cape May diamond	Quartz.
65	Cape ruby	Pyrope garnet.
66	Cape-Chrysolite	Green Prehnite
67	Cape-ruby	Pyrope (garnet)
68	Catalina sardonyx	Catalinite
69	Ceylon diamond	Colorless zircon
70	Ceylon opal	Opal like glimmery moonstone
71	Ceylon peridot	Yellowish green tourmaline.
72	Chinese turquoise	Calcite/quartz/blue dyed soapstone.
73	Colorado diamond	Smoky quartz.
74	Colorado jade	Green microcline feldsapr.
75	Colorado ruby	Pyrope garnet.
76	Colorado topaz	Citrine.
77	Congo emerald	Dioptase.
78	Copper emerald	Dioptase.
79	Copper lapis	Azurite
80	Copper malachite	Chrysocolla.
81	Cornish diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
82	Crystalline emerald	Quartz.
83	Dauphin diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
84	Delta pearl	Imitation pearl.
85	Earth stone	Amber or andalusite.
86	Elie ruby	Pyrope garnet.
87	Emerald malachite	Green fluorspar.
88	Emerald matrix	Green fluorspar.
89	Emeraldine	Green dyed chalcedony.
90	Emeraldite	Green tourmaline.
91	Emeralite	Green tourmaline.
92	Emerauldine	Dioptase.
93	Evening emerald	Peridot.
94	Faience lapis	Ceramic.
95	False amethyst	Purple fluorspar.
96	False lapis	Dyed jasper, lazulite.
97	Fashoda ruby	Iron rich pyrope garnet.
98	Feldspar apyre	Andalusite.
99	Finder’s diamond	Colorless topaz.
100	Fire pearl	Billitonite.
101	Fossil turquoise	Odontolite.
102	Fukien jade	Soapstone.
103	Garnet jade	Massive green grossular garnet.
104	Geneva ruby	Synthetic Ruby.
105	German diamond	Rock Crystal (quartz)
106	German gold	Amber.
107	Gibsonville emerald	Green quartz.
108	Glass agate	Obsidian.
109	Gold sapphire	Lapis
110	Gold Topaz	Citrine (quartz)
111	Green garnet	Enstatite
112	Green onyx	Chalcedony.
113	Hawaiian Diamonds	Quartz.
114	Hawaiite	Peridot
115	Herkimer diamond	Quartz.
116	Hinjosa topaz	Yellow quartz.
117	Honan jade	Soapstone.
118	Hope sapphire	Synth blue spinel.
119	Horatio diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
120	Hot Springs diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
121	Hyacinth topaz	Hyacinth (zircon).
122	Iceland agate	Obsidian.
123	Imperial Mexican jade	Green dyed calcite.
124	Imperial sodden snow jade	White nephrite.
125	Indian emerald	Green colored cracked quartz.
126	Indian Jade	Aventurine (quartz)
127	Indian topaz	Yellow sapphire.
128	Irish diamond	Quartz.
129	Isle of Wight diamonds	Quartz.
130	Ivory pearls	Spheroids
131	Ivory turquoise	Odontolite.
132	Jade tenace	Saussarite.
133	Jadine	Australian chrysoprase.
134	Jasper jade	Green jasper or serpentine.
135	Jeweler’s topaz	Citrine.
136	Jourado diamond	Colorless synthetic spinel.
137	Kandy spinel	Reddish violet garnet
138	Killiecrankie diamond	Colorless topaz
139	Kings topaz	Yellow sapphire
140	Korean jade	Serpentine
141	Lake George diamond	Quartz.
142	Lithia amethyst	Kunzite(spodumene)
143	Lithia emerald	Hiddenite (spodumene)
144	Lux sapphire	Cordierite.
145	Lynz sapphire	Cordierite.
146	Madeira topaz	Citrine (Quartz)
147	Manchurian jade	Soapstone.
148	Marmarosch diamond	Rock Crystal (quartz)
149	Mass aqua	Glass simluant of aquamarine.
150	Matura Diamond	Colorless fired zircon
151	Medina emerald	Green glass.
152	Meru sapphire	Blue zoisite.
153	Mexican agate/jade/onyx	Massive/banded calcite.
154	Mexican Diamond	Rock Crystal (quartz)
155	Mogok diamond	Colorless Burmese topaz.
156	Mont Blanc ruby	Rose quartz.
157	Montana ruby	Red Garnet
158	Mother of emerald	Prase or green fluorite.
159	Mountain ruby	Red garnet.
160	Mutzschen diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
161	Nerchinsk aquamarine	Blue topaz.
162	Nevada black diamond	Obsidian.
163	Nevada topaz	Smoky obsidian.
164	New jade	Bowenite.
165	Night emerald	Peridot.
166	Occidental cat’s eye	Quartz.
167	Occidental diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
168	Occidental topaz	Citrine.
169	Oil pearl	Mother of pearl
170	Olivene	Demantoid garnet (olivine)
171	Orange topaz	Yellow quartz.
172	Oregon jade	Dark green chalcedony, jasper.
173	Oregon moonstone	Chalcedony.
174	Oriental amethyst	Violet sapphire
175	Oriental emerald	Green sapphire or green chlorospinel.
176	Oriental hyacinth	Pink sapphire
177	Palmeira topaz	Brown lab grown sapphire.
178	Palmyra topaz	Brown synthetic sapphire
179	Palmyra topaz	Heat treated yellow amethyst/citrine.
180	Paphros diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
181	Pecos diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
182	Pectolite jade	Pectolite (nothing to do with jade).
183	Pedrara onyx	Stalagmitic marble from Mexico.
184	Pink moonstone	Opalescent pink scapolite.
185	Pomegranate ruby	Red spinel.
186	Prismatic emerald	Euclase.
187	Prismatic moonstone	Chalcedony.
188	Prismatic quartz	Cordierite.
189	Pseudochrysolite	Moldavite.
190	Pyramidal garnet	Idocrase.
191	Pyroemerald	Green fluorite.
192	Quartz topaz	Citrine.
193	Quasima diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
194	Quebec diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
195	Radium diamond	Smoky quartz.
196	Rainbow magic diamond	Synthetic rutile.
197	Red sea perals	Coral beads.
198	Rhine diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
199	Rhyolite glass	Obsidian.
200	Rock ruby	Pyrope garnet.
201	Rocky Mountain ruby	Garnet
202	Rose kunzite	Synthetic pink sapphire.
203	Rose moonstone	Pink scapolite.
204	Rozircon	Synthetic spinel.
205	Rubicelle	Yellow orange spinel.
206	Ruby balas	Red spinel.
207	Ruby spinel	Red spinel.
208	Sacred turquoise	Smithsonite.
209	Salamanca topaz	Citrine (Quartz)
210	San Diego ruby	Red tourmaline.
211	Sapphire quartz	Blue chalcedony, or hawk’s eye quartz.
212	Sapphire spinel	Blue spinel.
213	Sapphirine	Blue chalcedony, blue spinel, or blue glass.
214	Saxon Chrysolite	Greenish yellow topaz
215	Saxon diamond	Colorless topaz
216	Saxon topaz	Citrine.
217	Schaumberg diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
218	Scotch topaz	Cairngorm, citrine, or smoky quartz.
219	Scottish topaz	Quartz.
220	Serpentine jade	Bowenite.
221	Serra topaz	Citrine (Quartz)
222	Shanghai jade	Steatite or talc.
223	Siam aquamarine	Heat treated blue / green zircon.
224	Siamese aquamarine	Blue zircon
225	Siberian Chrysolite	Demantoid (garnet)
226	Siberian ruby	Red tourmaline
227	Sicilian marble	Italian marble
228	Siliceous malachite	Green chrysocolla.
229	Silver peak jade	Malachite (local Nevada term).
230	Simili Diamond	Glass
231	Sinopal	Reddish aventurine quartz.
232	Slave-diamond	Colorless Topaz
233	Smoky Citrine	Smoky Quartz.
234	Smoky topaz	Smoky quartz
235	Soochow jade	Bowenite / steatite.
236	South African emerald	Fluorspar
237	Spanish emerald	Green glass.
238	Spanish lazulite	Cordierite (iolite).
239	Spanish Topaz	Citrine (Quartz)
240	Spinel ruby	Red spinel.
241	Star topaz	Yellow star sapphire.
242	Stolberg diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
243	Strass diamond	Glass
244	Styrian jade	Pseudophite or penninite.
245	Swiss jade	Jasper.
246	Swiss lapis	Chalcedony or jasper.
247	Synthetic alexandrite	Synthetic corundum / spinel.
248	Synthetic aquamarine	Synthetic corundum / spinel.
249	Tasmanian diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
250	Tecla emerald	False triplet.
251	Tecla pearls	Imitation pearls
252	Tokay lux sapphire	Hungarian black obsidian.
253	Tooth turquoise	Odontolite.
254	Topaz cat’s eye	Yellow girasol sapphire.
255	Topaz quartz	Brownish yellow quartz.
256	Topaz saffronite	Brownish yellow quartz.
257	Topazolite	Yellow andradite garnet.
258	Tourmaline green	Synthetic dark green spinel.
259	Transvaal emerald	Flourspar.
260	Transvaal jade	Green hydrogrossular garnet
261	Transvaal jade	Massive green grossular garnet.
262	Trenton diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
263	Unripe ruby	Red zircon.
264	Ural sapphire	Blue tourmaline
265	Uralian emerald	Demantoid garnet.
266	Uralian sapphire	Blue tourmaline.
267	Utah onyx	Stalagmitic marble
268	Utah turquoise	Variscite.
269	Vallum diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
270	Vanadium emerald	Green beryl
271	Verdelite	Green tourmaline.
272	Vermeil	Red zircon / garnets / spinel.
273	Vesuvian garnet	Leucite.
274	Vesuvianite jade	Californite.
275	Vienna turquoise	Glass
276	Volcanic chrysolite	Idocrase / Vesuvianite.
277	Washita diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
278	Water chrysolite	Moldavite.
279	Water sapphire	Cordierite.
280	White garnet	Leucite.
281	Wyse ruby	Synthetic Ruby.
282	Yaqui onyx	Marble
283	Yava onyx	Marble
284	Zabeltitzen diamond	Rock crystal quartz.
285	Zebra jasper	Limonite
286	Zircon spinel	Synthetic blue spinel.

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