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


The green gem peridot is a gemstone from which silicate mineral ?

 

Garnet
Beryl
Olivine
Zircon

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

 

Crown
Facet
Girdle
Pavilion
Gem quality Iolite, known as Water Sapphire, is what distinctive bright colour ?

 

Red
Blue
Brown
Green

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

 

Aventurine Quartz
Citrine
Rock Crystal
Amethyst
Emeralds, Aquamarine, Heliodor, Morganite and Goshenite are varieties of which silicate mineral ?

 

Tourmaline
Garnet
Olivine
Beryl

 A gemstone that appears one colour from one direction & another colour from another direction is a

 

Parti Coloured Gem
Idiochromatic Gem
Pleochroic Gem
Allochromatic Gem
Which of these gems is a well known allochromatic gem ?

 

Corundum
Iolite
Watermelon Tourmaline
Peridot

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

 

Peridot
Citrine
Lapis Lazuli
Turquiose
The gemstone thulite is a variety of the silicate zoisite & appears what colour

 

Pink
Green
Brown
Purple

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

 

Pink
Green
Brown
Purple


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