Chalcedony - It is also known as Calcedony. It is quite similar to quartz thus, mostly confused with the same.
Charoite - It is lavender, violet or dark purple in colour that consists of white, gray and black veining. It is relatively quite new and recent discovery. As such no specific trade name for this gem had been traced till date.
Chrysolite - It is an additional name for peridot gemstone. However, few jewelers use trade names for this gem i.e peridot / chrysolite viz. Volcanic chrysolite and Water chrysolite.
Citrine - It is a bright translucent yellow coloured gem. It is most confused as Topaz. Smoky Citrine is a type of quartz sold as citrine. Madeira citrine, Topaz quartz are few unreal names for this gemstone.
Coral - Real coral possess unique wood grain texture. It is available in variety of colours viz. red, white, orange, blue, brown and black. Japanese Moro coral, Chinese coral are few of the misleading names. Many imitations made up plastic, glass, porcelain and stained bone are sold in the market at the price of original coral.
Diopside - Diopside is a very unusual name but it is a very beautiful gem green in colour. It is not very popular among the gemstone lovers. It is very cheap. However, Chrome diopside is the misleading name for this gem.
Garnet - It is a beautiful stone that comes in many different colours. Due to the vaired colours, jewelers sell garnet using trade names in accordance with the colour of the gem. For Example - Hessonite is the named for a fine orange garnet, cinnamon brown or pinkish shade. In the same way Tsavorite and Green garnet are the fancy names for dark green garnet. Some other stones sold as garnet with their respective trade names are White garnet and Vesuvian garnet for the stone leucite while Pyramidal garnet for idocrase.
Black titanium, green in colour is named as Melanite. Some more trade names used for pyrope garnet are Rhodolite, Bohemian garnets and Malaya.
Heliotrope - It is the additional name given to the gem known as ' Bloodstone' . Refer the same.
Hematite - It is a opaque gemstone and appears as hard as metal. It is procured in different forms that are named differently by different sellers. Micaceous hematite, Red ochre or ruddle, Kidney ore and Pencil ore are few names that are not standardized so can mislead the buyers.
Iolite - Iolite is one among the affordable gemstone and is gaining popularity due to its rich clear violet colour. It is available in blue and violet shades. Dichroite and Cordierite are the additional names. Spanish lazulite and Water sapphire are the trade names.
Jacinth - It is name given to Zircon semi precious gemstone that is green in colour.
Jade - It is the royal gemstone of China. It is green in colour and priced moderately. Treated quartz is sold as jade under the trade names Australian jade, Red jade and Indian jade while Jasper is named as Jasper jade, Oregon jade and Swiss jade. Similarly, garnet is changed to African jade, Transvaal jade and Garnet jade. Feldspar is named as Amazon jade and Colorado jade. Poor quality Opal and Malachite are named as Fire jade and Silver peak jade respectively. Imitations are also sold as Korea jade, Imperial sodden snow jade and Meta-jade.
Some other common names created to deceive customers are Jade tenace, Jadine, Fukien jade, Korean Jade, Manchurian Jade, Mexican Jade, Soochow Jade, Alaska jade, Andesine jade, California jade, Jade tenace, Imperial Mexican jade, Honan jade, Serpentine jade, Shanghai jade, New jade, Pectolite jade, Manchurian jade, Styrian jade, Soochow jade and Vesuvianite jade.
Jasper - It is a multi coloured gemstone consisting dull luster and different patterns. Ribbon jasper, Orbicular jasper, Landscape jasper, Picture jasper and Zebra jasper are the misleading terms used in jewelry business.
Kunzite - Kunzite is mined along with mining of other pink coloured gemstones like Morganite. It possess light colours. The trade names for this gem are Rose kunzite and pink sapphire.
Lapis Lazuli - It is the only gemstone name consisting of two words. It is treasured for its amazing blue colour. This semi precious stone is quite expensive therefore other stones of poor quality are enhanced and sold at a high price. For example - artificial jasper is dyed in blue colour and sold as Swiss lapis, False lapis, German lapis and German Lapis. Other trade names are Nevada lapis, Faience lapis, Italian lapis, Copper lapis and Canadian lapis.
Malachite - Malachite is bright green colour semi precious stone containing irregular black banding within it. It is a valuable gem. The trade names for this gem are Emerald malachite, Blue malachite, Copper malachite and Siliceous malachite.
Moonstone - It comes in array of colours. It constitute as a very important part of all sort of jewelry varieties. Due to such high demand gemstone sellers sell Chalcedony gem at the price of true moonstone under the trade names Blue moonstone, California moonstone, Mojave moonstone, Oregon moonstone and Prismatic moonstone. Few more faulty names are Beach moonstone, Pink moonstone and Rose moonstone.
Morganite - It is a gem preferred for the all jewelry items due to its exclusive pink colour. Pink Beryl and Aka Morganite are the fancy names of Morganite gemstone.
Obsidian - It is a natural glass formed at the time of volcanic eruption. Rhyolite glass and Montana jet are the fancy names used for selling imitations or treated stones as genuine obsidian.
Opal - Opal comes in variety of colours. In order to distinguish between the colour of opal , specific names are given to each colour of opal. Black opal is dark gray or blue to black in color. White opal has light body colors. Fire opal is characterized by yellow, orange or red color. Rest all other names are mentioned to mislead the buyer. Few to name are Blue opal, Brazilian Fire Opals and Ceylon opal. Opal glass is the glass imitator of other stones sold as opal.
Onyx - It is a gemstone that displays different colour bands against its background colour brown, black, white, red and gray. It is an affordable gemstone. However, sometimes treated agate is sold as onyx named as Black Onyx. Few other common trade names used to sell other treated stones as onyx are Mexican onyx, Alabaster onyx, Green onyx, Pedrara onyx, Utah onyx, Yaqui onyx and Yava onyx.
Pearl - Pearl is ultimate beauty that shall remain in fashion and in demand forever. Natural pearls are white in colour while cultured pearls are available in all possible colours and are very expensive. Throughout the world, pearl imitations are sold at huge price. Buyers are mislead using the trade names like Atlas Pearl, Delta pearl, La beau pearls, La tausca pearls, Roman pearls and Tecla pearls. Sometimes white coral beads are also sold as natural perals named as Red Sea Pearl. Few more faulty names used are Antilles pearl, Atlas pearls, Ivory pearls, Cave pearl, Fire pearl, Oil pearl and One-year pearl.
Peridot - Peridot is also known as Olivine and Chrysolite. These are the genuine names. This gem is gaining popularity with the passage of time. It is often confused with emerald. Treated yellowish-green tourmaline is sold as Ceylon peridot to mislead the buyer. Similarly green zircon and green garnet are treated and sold at the price of peridot. Hawaiite is yet another trade name for this gemstone.
Quartz - It is comes in many varieties, each having some distinctive characteristics. The common varieties of quartz are Rock crystal, Rose quartz, Smoky quartz, Tiger's Eye quartz, Rutilated quartz and tourmalinated quartz. The trade names Bohemian crystal, Smoky topaz, Prismatic quartz, Golden rutile, Sapphire quartz and hawk's eye quartz are used just to deceive the people who lack the knowledge about gems.
Spinel - This semi precious gemstone replaces precious gem ruby in many jewelry items. The common trade names used for spinel are Balas rubies, Cobalt spinel, Pleonast, Rubicelle, Arizona spinel, Sapphire spinel and Kandy spinel. These names are given according to the colour of the stone.
Due to its increasing popularity, many dealers in order to earn huge money by wrong means started selling synthetic or lab created stones as spinel under the trade names Almandine spinel, Aqua gem, Zircon spinel, Rozircon and Azurite.
Sardonyx - It is one of onyx variety that consists reddish brown and white bands on its basic colour. This is valued most in Rome. Catalina sardonyx is the only trade name for this gem.
Tanzanite - It is a bright blue coloured gemstone that is preferred by all age groups. Blue talc and Blue zoisite are the misleading names being used for this gem.
Topaz - Topaz is widely used in all the jewelry items. It is available in many colours. Sellers enhance quartz and sell the same as original topaz under the trade names Madeira Topaz, Palmeira Topaz, Rio Topaz, Smoky Topaz, Hinjosa topaz, Gold(en) topaz, Spanish topaz, Smoky Topaz, Scottish topaz, Orange topaz, Topaz quartz and Topaz saffronite. Similary poor quality sapphire is treated and sold as Indian topaz, King topaz, Star topaz, Palmeira topaz and Topaz cat's eye.
Citirine is also sold as topaz named as Bohemian topaz, Colorado topaz, Jeweler's topaz, Madeira topaz, Saxon topaz, Scotch topaz, Salamanca topaz, Palmyra topaz, Quartz topaz and Occidental topaz. Few more trade names are Nevada topaz, Hyacinth topaz and Hawaiian golden yellow topaz. Buyers have to be very careful of these trade names while making the purchase of Topaz.
Tourmaline - It occurs in all the basic colours viz. blue, yellow, pink, red, black, green and colourless. Different colours are designated different names but none is recognized by the international federation . The reason being, same name is used to describe two different colours by two different jewelers like Rubellite is referred for deep red tourmaline and also for pink tourmaline. Thus, the dealer should be reputable to avoid all the future shocks.
The common names that mislead the buyers are Green Tourmaline, Verdelite and Aqualite. Few fancy names used by sellers are Watermelon Tourmaline, Moor's head Tourmaline, Chromium Tourmaline, Indigolith and Dravite.
Turquoise - It is opaque gemstone with unique colours. It is popular everywhere and widely used for making all types of jewelry items. It is available in all price range . Yet many sellers sell artificial stone or synthetic gems as original turquoise using the trade names Vienna turquoise, Turquosite and Gilson turquoise. Few more misleading names are Australian turquoise, Utah turquoise, Chinese turquoise, Fossil turquoise, Ivory turquoise, Tooth turquoise, Sacred turquoise and Nevada turquoise.
Zircon - Colouless zircon is used to imitate diamonds. It also comes in blue, yellow, orange, red, brown and green in colour. These coloured zircon gems are collected by the people. It is also quite affordable like other semi precious gemstones. Names like Starlite, Siam Zircon, Ceylon, Matura diamond, Vermeil Cubic zirconia and Blue zircon are not being certified hence, these are created to mislead the buyers.
Jewelry business is vast and spread through out the globe. All trade names given in the article with their respective gemstone name offers a broad vision to the buyer about the misleading names used for selling the imitations, synthetic and treated gems at the price of the original gemstones. This information may not be adequate therefore, while making purchase of any coloured gemstone buyers ought to make use of their own judgment, intuition, knowledge and presence of mind. They should ask plenty of questions and clarify each and every doubt from the seller about the gem. The gemstone dealer must be a reputable dealer or certified from the recognized organization. These are general guidelines which if followed might protect the buyers from getting deceived by the clever jewelers. So happy shopping !! Prev... Next...
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