Jewelry with green gem stones comes in a variety of different
shades, including grassy green, apple green,
emerald, forest, jade, Kelly green, lime, malachite, moss, olive
and sea green.
When someone asks you to name a green gemstone you most probably
think of emerald, but there are many other green stones including
tourmaline, chrome diopside, chrome tourmaline, peridot,
chrysoprase, tsavorite, chrysoberyl, bloodstone, alexandrite and
jade.
In addition to these there are a number of other stones which occur
in various shades of green or have green inclusions: sapphire,
spinel, uvarovite garnet (drusy), opals with green "fire", agate,
turquoise, mawsitsit, malachite, gaspeite, zoisite and beryl. For
blue/green gemstones, see aqua
colored stones.
