Gemstone Hardness List Details - Gemological Collections

	Hardness	Hardness	Hardness	Hardness	Hardness	Hardness	Hardness	Hardness	Hardness
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Acroite: Colorless Tourmaline							7 – 7.5
Actinolite					5
Adamite						6
Adularia						6
Aerinite			3
Afghanite				4.5 – 6
Agate						6.5 – 7
Agrellite					5,5
Ajoite,Shattuckite & Paragonite		2.5 – 3.50
Alabandite			3.5 – 4
Alexandrite								8,5
Almandine Garnet							7,5
Almandine Garnet in Beryl: Goshenite							7.5
Almandine Garnet in Quartz							7
Althausite			3.5 – 4
Aluminum		2.5 – 3
Amazonite						6 – 6.5
Amber		2 – 2.5
Ambligonite						6
Amethyst							7
Amphibole in Quartz							7
Analcime					5 – 5.5
Anatase					5.5 – 6
Andalusite							7 – 7.5
Andesine						6.- 6.5
Andorite		3 – 3.50
Andradite Garnet						6,5
Anglesite		2.5 – 3
Ankangite in Quartz							7
Anorthite						6 – 6.5
Antigorite		2.50 – 4
Apache Tear					6.5 – 7
Apatite					5
Apophyllite				4.5 – 5
Aquamarine							7,5
Aragonite			3.5 – 4
Arandisite						6
Arsenopyrite					5.5 – 6
Artinite		2.5
Astrophyllite			3 – 3.5
Atlantisite-Serpentine		2.5 – 3
Augelite			4.5 – 5
Austinite				4 – 4.5
Autunite-microcline		2 – 2.5
Axinite							7
Azurite			3 .5 – 4
Azurite with Chrysocolla			3.5-4
Babingtonite					5.5 – 6
Baddeleyite						6,5
Baratovite			3,5
Barilite-tilasite							7
Barite			3 – 3.50
Barylite-Tilasite					5 – 7.
Bastnaesite				4,5
Benitoite						6 – 6.5
Bertossaite-burangaite						6
Beryl: Aquamarine							7,5
Beryl: Emerald							7,5
Beryl: Goshenite							7,5
Beryl: Heliodor							7,5
Beryl: Maxixe							7,5
Beryl: Morganite							7,5
Beryl: Red Emerald							7,5
Beryl: Vorobyevite							7,5
Beryllonite					5.5 – 6
Berzelianite		2
Beyozoans
Bikitaite						6
Boleite			3- 5.5
Boracite							7 – 7.5
Bornite			3
Brass			3 -4.
Brazilianite					5,5
Breunnerite				4,5
Bronze				4,5
Bronzite					5.5 – 6
Brookite					5.5 – 6
Brookite in Quartz							7
Brucite		2,5
Bryozoans			3.5 – 4
Bumble bee Stone		2.5 – 3.5
Bertossaite Burangaite					5
Burmite: Amber		2 – 2.5
Bustamite					5.5 – 6
Cadmium		2
Calcio-samarskite					5 – 6.
Calcite			3
Cancrinite					5 -6.
Carletonite				4- 4.5
Cassiterite						6 – 7.
Cavansite					5.5 – 6
Celestine			3 – 3.5
Cerussite			3 – 3.5
Ceruleite					5-6.
Chalcopyrite			3.5 – 4
Chamosite			3
Charoite					5-6.
Chlorargyrite	2-Jan
Chondrite					5 – 6.
Chondrite bassikounou					5,5
Chondrite: Meteorite					5,5
Chrome Antigorite			3.5 – 4
Chrome Chalcedony						6,5
Chrome Diopside					5,5
Chrome Sphene					5 – 5.5
Chromite					5.5 – 6
Chrysoberyl								8,5
Chrysocolla – Cuprite		2
Chrysocolla + Gem Silica		2
Chrysophase							7
Cinnabar		2- 2.5
Citrine : Quartz							7
Clausthalite		2.5-3
Clinohumite						6
Clinozisite					5,5
Cobaltite					5,5
Cobaltocalcite			3 – 3.5
Coffinite					5 – 6.
Colemanite				4,5
Columbite						6
Copper		2.5 – 5
Coprolite						6.5-7
Carnellian							7
Corundum: Sapphire							7		9
Cosmic Obsidian						6.5 – 7
Covellite				4
Creedite				3.5 – 4
Crocoite		2.5 – 3
Cuprite			3.5 – 4
Cyprine						6
Danburite							7
Datolite					5 – 5.5
Diaspore						6.5 – 7
Dinasour bone						6
Diopside					5
Dioptase					5
Diorite					5
Dolomite			3.5 – 4
Dravite							7
Dumortierite	?						7
Dumortierite in Quartz							7
Dunilite						6
Ekanite					5 -6.5
Emerald							7,5
Endlichite		2,5
Enstatite					5 – 6.
Eosphorite					5
Epididymite					5,5
Epidot						6,5
Epidot in Quartz							7
Ettringite		2 – 2.5
Euclase							7,5
Eucryptite						6,5
Eudialyte					5 – 5.5
Eulytine				4,5
Fassaite						6
Feldspar						6
Ferberite				4 – 4.5
Ferri-fluoro-tschermakite					5 -6.
Ferriwinchite					5 -6.
Fibrolite							7,5
Fluorapatite					5
Fluorbritholite					5
Fluorite				4
Fluorite-calcite			3,5-4
Fluorite-Calcite-Willemite			3,5-5
Fluoro Potassic Magnesio Arfvedsonite					5.5 – 6
Fossilized Horn Coral						6,5-7
Friedelite				4.5 – 5
Gadolinite						6,5-7
Gahnite							7.5 – 8
Galena		2,5
Garnet: Almandine							7,5
garnet: Demantoid							7 – 7.5
garnet: Grossular							7,25
Garnet: Hessonite							7,25
garnet: Hydogrossular						6.5 – 7.5
Garnet: Mali
garnet: Melanite						6.5 – 7
Garnet: Purple							7
Garnet: Pyrope							7,25
Garnet: Rhodolite							7,25
Garnet: Spessertite							7,25
Garnet: leueo	?
Garnet: Topazolite						6.5 – 7
Garnet: Tsavorite							7
Garnet: Uvarovite							7,5
Granite					5
Gaspeite				4,5-5
Gersdorfite					5,5
Glaucophane					5
Goethite					5,5
Goethite in Beryl								8
Gold		2,5
Gold silver telluride					5,5
Goosecreekite				4
Grandidierite							7-7,5
Gyrolite			3
Hackmanite two pics					5,5-6
Hambergite							7,5
Hematite					5
Hematite in Iolite							7-7,5
Hemimorphite				4,5-5
Herderite					5,5
Heterosite				4-4,5
Hexagonite					5
Himalayan
Holmquisite					5,5
Howlite			3,5
Huanghoite				4,5
Hyalite						6
Hydrozincite		2-2,5
Ikranite					5
Ilvaite					5,5-6
Imperial Topaz								8
Indialite							7-7,5
Iolite							7-7,5
Jasper							7
Picture Jasper							6,5-7
Jet		2,5-4
Johannsenite						6
Kakortkite					5,5-7
Kammererite		2-2,5
Kornerupine						6,5-7
Kryzhanovskite			3,5-4
Kunzite							7-7,5
Kurchatovite				4,5
Kutnahorite			3,5-4
Lapis & Pyrite				4,5-5
Larimar				4,5-5
Lazulite					5,5-6
Lead	1,5
Leucite					5,5-6
Liddicoatite							7
Lizardite	2,5
Llanite						6-6,5
Londonite								8
Lybian Desert Tektite						6,5-7
Magnesioastrophyllite			3
Magnesiochromite					5,5
Magnesio-ferri-fluoro-hornblende					5,6
Magnetoplumbite						6
Malachite			3,5-4
Manganoan fluorapatite					5
Manganotantalite					5,5-6
Meierite Gillespite					5
Mexican Opal						6
Mimetite			3,5-4
Mohawkite			3,5
Moldavite					5,5-6
Monazite					5-5,5
Mooreite			3 – 3.5
Mottramite			3,5-4
Muonionalusta Meteorite					5,5
Muscovite		2-2,5
Nephrite						6-6,5
Nickel		2,6
Nickeline					5-5,5
Norbergite diopside						6-6,5
Normandite					5
Oligoclase						6
Olmite					5-5,5
Omphacite					5
Orpiment	1,5-2
Orthoclase					6
Owyhee Blue Opal						6
Pallasite Peridot Meteorite						6,5-7
Paraiba Tourmaline							7
Paraiba Blue Opal						6
Pargasite					5
Priceite			3-3,5
Prismatine						6,5-7
Prosopite-thomsenolite				4
Prehnite						6-6,5
Petalite						6-6,5
Pietersite						6,5-7
Pezzottaite							7,5-8
Phenakite							7,5-8
Phosphosiderite			3,5-4
Piemontite						6-6,5
Pietersite
Plagionite		2,5-3
Platinum			3,5
Pollucite						6,5
Potassic-Ferro-Chloro sadanagaite						6
Powellite					5
Prenite ????
Pumpellyite-osumilite					5
Pyrite						6-6,5
Pyromophite			3,5-4
Quartz Amethyst							7
Quartz Amethyst with Chisobalite							7
Quartz Amethysts with+ Cacoxenite							7
Quartz Cats eye							7
Quartz Chalcedony							7
Quartz Citrine							7
Quartz Citrine with Cacoxenite							7
Quartz Cornellian							7
Quartz Onyx							7
Quartz Sardonyx							7
Quartz Tger eye (Crocidolite							7
Quartz with Actinolite							7
Quartz with Almandine Garnet							7
Quartz with Amphibole							7
Quartz with Anatase							7
Quartz with Anhydrite							7
Quartz with Ankerite							7
Quartz with Bi Color Tourmaline							7
Quartz with Bismuthinite							7
Quartz with Black Tourmaline							7
Quartz with Blue Dumortierite							7
Quartz with Blue Tourmaline							7
Quartz with Brookite							7
Quartz with Calcite							7
Quartz with Carbon							7
Quartz with Childrenite							7
Quartz with Chlorite							7
Quartz with Cristobalite							7
Quartz with Diopside							7
Quartz with Dumortierite							7
Quartz with Epidot							7
Quartz with Fluorite							7
Quartz with Geen Zoisite							7
Quartz with Gilalite							7
Quartz with Green Tourmaline							7
Quartz with Hedenbergite							7
Quartz with Helvite							7
Quartz with Hematite							7
Quartz with Hematite + Rutil							7
Quartz with Hematoid							7
Quartz with Hessonite Garnet							7
Quartz with Hollandite							7
Quartz with Jamesonite							7
Quartz with Lazulite							7
Quartz with Lepidochrosite							7
Quartz with Limonite							7
Quartz with Lizardite							7
Quartz with Moss Agate							7
Quartz with Petroleum							7
Quartz with Piemontite							7
Quartz with Pyrite							7
Quartz with Reibeckite							7
Quartz with Ripidolite							7
Quartz with Rutil							7
Rhodocrosite			3,5-4
Rhodonite					5,5.6
Rinkite-ferrokentbrooksite					5
Robinsonite		2,5-3
Rosasite				4
Rosolite							7
Ruby									9
Ruby in Zoisite							7
Ruby with Fuchsite							7
Ruby with Kyanite							7
Ruby with Xenotime									9
Rutile						6
Sapphirine							7,5
Sarcopside				4
Scapolite with wernite					5,5-6
Schalenblende with sphalerite & Galena		2,5-3,5
Scheelite					5
Scheuchzerite		2,5
Sellaite					5-5,5
Serpentine			3,5
Sepentine with Stichtite		2,5-3,5
Shungite			3,5-4
Sphalerite			3,5-4
Siderite			3.5 – 4.5
Smaragdite					5,5
Smithsonite				4,5-5
Sodalite					5.5 – 6
Sperrylite						6 – 7.0
Sphene					5,5
Stibio tantalite					5,5
Stichtite	1.5 – 2
Sulphur	1,5-2,5
Sursassite			3
Taaffeite								8 – 8.5
Takovite		2
Talc	1
Tantalite						6
Tarbuttite			3,5
Tellurium		2 – 2.5
Tetrahedrite			3.5 – 4
Thalenite			3.5 – 4
Thalenite(Y) Allanite
Thomsonite				5-5,5
Thulite						6,5
Tilleyite				4
Tinzenite						6.50 – 7
Topaz								8
Topaz with Biotite								8
Topaz with Limonite								8
Tourmaline in Aquamarine							7.5
Tephroite						6
Tremolite				4
Triphylite				4
Triplite					5-5,5
Tsumoite		2,5-3
Tugtupite				4
Unakite						6
Ulmannite					5,5
Unakite
Ulmannite
Uranopolycrase					5
Ussingite						6
Uvarovite with Almandine Garnet							7
Vanadinite			3,5-4
Vandenbrandeite				4
Valleriite	1,5
Vanadinite
Verdite					5,5-6
Vayrynenite					5
Violane						6
Vishnevite					5
Vorobyevite								8
Wah Wah Red Emerald: Bixbite								8
Wardite					5
Welo Opal						6
Willemite					5,5
Willemite with Calcite & Franklinite				4-5,5
Winchite					5,5
Witherite			3-3,5
Xenotime				4
Xonotlite						6,5
Yttrofluorite				4-4,5
Zincite				4
Zircon							7,5
Zoisite – piemontite						6,5
Zoisite						6,5
Zunyite							7
Zussmanite						6

Gemstone Hardness List

Contact

Payments

Discounts

Priority Mail

Other Links