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Metallic Gems

    

Many gems are metallic minerals containing elemental metals as the main part of their chemistry. These gems contain elemental metals such as copper, cobalt, iron, lead, nickel, titanium and zinc. Others, such as gold and silver, are native elements. Some gems, such as Campbellite and Mohawkite, are a conglomeration (congl.) of several metals and other minerals and are not IMA recognized names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aschamalmite

 

Bornite

 

Bournonite

 

Campbelite
Aschamalmite

 

Bornite

 

Bournonite

 

Campbellite (congl.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrolite

 

Chalcopyrite

 

Cobaltite

 

Columbite-(Fe)
Carrolite

 

Chalcopyrite

 

Cobaltite

 

Columbite-(Fe)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copper

 

Covellite

 

Cubanite

 

Columbite-(Fe)
Copper

 

Covellite

 

Cubanite

 

Ferrocolumbite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tantalite

 

Freibergite

 

Galena

 

Goethite
Ferrotantalite

 

Freibergite

 

Galena

 

Goethite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Native Gold

 

Hematite

 

Ilmenite

 

Limonite
Gold (native)

 

Hematite

 

Ilmenite

 

Limonite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnetite

 

Marcasite

 

Mohawkite

 

Molybdenite
Magnetite

 

Marcasite

 

Mohawkite (congl.)

 

Molybdenite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pallasite

 

Platinum

 

Pulsite

 

Pyrite
Pallasite

 

Platinum (native)

 

Pulsite (congl.)

 

Pyrite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pyrrhotite

 

Renierite

 

Native Silver

 

Stibnite
Pyrrhotite

 

Renierite

 

Silver (native)

 

Stibnite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skutterudite

 

Tantalite

 

Tenorite

 

 

Skutterudite

 

Tantalite-(Fe)

 

Tenorite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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