Family: Quartz family
Colour: Yellow or yellowish brown colour
Hardness: 7 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Brazil, Russia, Madagascar, Africa, Uruguay and France
Birthstone: November
Fact: It gets its colour from the presence of iron within the stone
Family: Garnet family
Colour: Variety of different colours usually deep red
Hardness: 6.5-7.5 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Russia, Brazil, Tanzania and Sri Lanka
Birthstone: January
Fact: It will never come in a blue colour
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Family: Quartz family
Colour: Purple, lilac or mauve colour
Hardness: 7 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Brazil, India, Canada, Russia, Sri Lanka and also the USA
Birthstone: February
Fact: It is associated with sobering properties dating back to early Christian ggggggggggggggggggggggggggdays
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Family: Beryl gemstone family
Colour: pale or deep blue colour
Hardness: 7.7- 8 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Brazil, Russia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Madagascar
Birthstone: March
Fact: It gets it blue colouring from the iron that is present in the stone
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Family: The Diamond Family
Colour: A variety- colourless, white, black,yellow,pink,brown, blue, red
Hardness: 10 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Africa, Brazil, Australia, Canada and Russia
Birthstone: April
Fact: Is the highest gemstone on the Mohs scale and is a symbol of love
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Family: Beryl
Colour: Green
Hardness: 7.5-8 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Columbia, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Australia, Egypt, India and Zambia
Birthstone: May
Fact: Columbia is the world’s biggest producer of Emeralds
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Family: Organic family
Colour: Variety- White, cream, black, pink, blue, yellow and green
Hardness: 3 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: All around the world – big spot the Indian Ocean
Birthstone: June
Fact: Pearls are made up of mainly calcium carbonate
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Family: Corundum
Colour: Pink-Blood Red
Hardness: 9 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Thailand, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Birthstone: July
Fact: A ruby gets its red colouring from the presence of chromium
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Family: Mineral Family
Colour: Olive Green
Hardness: 6.5-7 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: USA, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Birthstone: August
Fact: Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one colour
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Family: Corundum
Colour: Very often blue but varies but never red
Hardness: 9 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Sri Lanka, India and Myanmar
Birthstone: September
Fact: Sapphires can be found naturally by searching through rock sediments
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Turquoise
Family: Minerals Family
Colour: Blue- Green
Hardness: 5-6 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Iran, Africa, Australia, Tibet and Afghanistan
Birthstone: December
Fact: Turquoise was among one of the first gems to be mined
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Tourmaline
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Family: Tourmaline
Colour: Variety-blue, pink, red, green, yellow, brown, black
Hardness: 7-7.5 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Brazil, USA, Afghanistan, Africa, Russia and Mozambique
Birthstone: October
Fact: Tourmalines were used by chemists in the 19th cent to polarize light ddddddddddddddddddddcddddddby shining rays onto a cut and polished surface of the gem
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Rainbow Moonstone
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Family: Feldspar Family
Colour: Variety-colourless, white, peach, yellow and cream
Hardness: 6-6.5 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Sri Lanka, USA, Brazil, India, Tanzania and Myanmar
Birthstone: N/A
Fact: Moonstone has been used in jewellery for centuries, including ancient ddddddddddddddddddddddddddcivilisations
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Smokey Quartz
Family: Quartz Family
Colour: Brown-Black
Hardness: 7 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: All over the world
Birthstone: N/A
Fact: The smoky colour results from free silicon formed from the silicon ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssdioxide by natural irradiation
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Topaz
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Family: Mineral Family
Colour: Variety- clear, blue, green, pink and yellow
Hardness: 8 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Brazil, Burma, Russia, Sri Lanka, Africa and USA.
Birthstone: Blue Topaz – December
Fact: Blue topaz is the state gemstone for the US state of Texas
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Tanzanite
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Family: Zoisite Family
Colour: Blue-Purple
Hardness: 6-7 on the Mohs scale
https://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml
Countries: Tanzania, Pakistan
Birthstone: December
Fact: It was discovered in Tanzania and thus gets its name from here
