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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Gemstones II
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Which of these is a brilliant blue phosphate rock used as a gemstone ?

 

Lapis Lazuli
Peridot
Turquiose
Citrine

 A variety of quartz containing red or greenish particles of iron oxide or mud & that is opaque is a

 

Rock Crystal
Aventurine Quartz
Amethyst
Citrine
The green gem peridot is a gemstone from which silicate mineral ?

 

Olivine
Garnet
Zircon
Beryl

 The surface of a cut of a polished gem is known as a

 

Girdle
Crown
Pavilion
Facet
Emeralds, Aquamarine, Heliodor, Morganite and Goshenite are varieties of which silicate mineral ?

 

Olivine
Tourmaline
Beryl
Garnet

 Tanzanite, the most sought after variety of the silicate mineral zoisite, is which colour ?

 

Brown
Pink
Purple
Green
The gemstone thulite is a variety of the silicate zoisite & appears what colour

 

Brown
Pink
Purple
Green

 Which of these gems is a well known allochromatic gem ?

 

Watermelon Tourmaline
Corundum
Peridot
Iolite
A gemstone that appears one colour from one direction & another colour from another direction is a

 

Pleochroic Gem
Parti Coloured Gem
Allochromatic Gem
Idiochromatic Gem

 Gem quality Iolite, known as Water Sapphire, is what distinctive bright colour ?

 

Brown
Red
Green
Blue


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