Light Green Stone With Purple Spots

Green gemstones go well with all metal colors but the metal color can affect the style of the jewelry.

Light green stone with purple spots. The mineral has a light bottle green color and is translucent with a glassy luster. Charoite is a light lavender to deep purple silicate mineral that has swirling fibrous or spotted patterns. It can frequently be found in botryoidal clusters in pockets along with zeolite minerals. In general a pure green hue is the most desirable and more expensive.

For secondary hues most people prefer a hint of blue to a yellowish green stone. Some people call it jasper but that name is incorrect. Grey smoky color with blue green. Prehnite is a silicate derived from calcium and aluminum.

Yellow green stones can still be quite attractive but won t reach top dollar. Often an opaque green stone its nickname is transvaal jade because it looks like jade and is found in the transvaal area of south africa. Translucent grey color with occasional banding. Grey black brown jasper zebra.

Dark stone blending black grey and brown colors with cream specks. Matteo chinellato chinellatophoto getty images. Green gemstones and metals. Green gems may have blue or yellow secondary hues present.

However most apatite stones have visible inclusions. It is called kiwi stone because it is reportedly from new zealand. It is composed of quartzite and the black spots are flakes of chlorite. For example white metals such as platinum silver or white gold give a contemporary look to green gemstones while rose gold offers a unique vintage look.

It is a rare and relatively new gem material discovered in russia in 1978.