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STONES AND THE COLORS IN WHICH THEY
OCCUR
Achroite............Colorless tourmaline.
Adularia............Moonstone.
Allanite............Bright black.
Alexandrite ........Light to dark tourmaline green by
day; purplish pink to red by artificial light.
Almandine..........Wine-red garnet.
Amazon Stone.......Light green.
Amber ..............Yellow in all shades, tending to white
and red or brown and black.
Amethyst...........Pale to deep violet and purple.
Andalusite .........Mixed, green, brown, and yellow.
Apatite .............Green, pink, and violet.
Aragonite...........Gray, amber, and brown.
Aquamarine ........Sea-green, water-blue, and almost
colorless.
Axinite.............Brown, blue, and gray.
Azurite .............Deep blue.
Beryllonite.........Yellow.
Bowenite ...........White, and light to dark green.
Brookite............Red and honey-yellow.
Calcomalachite.....Green.
Cairngorm ..........Brownish yellow rock crystal.
Cancrinite..........Pale to orange-yellow.
Cape Ruby..........Deep-red garnet.
Carbuncle ..........Red garnet.
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