The name serendibite comes from Serendib, the old Arabic name for Sri Lanka, from which the precious green gemstones were solely found. The green gems are attractively bright and transparent. Serendibite is an extremely rare gemstone, much more so the green stones, which were the only serendibite known in existence until 2005, when the black variety was discovered. A tourmaline that is green on one end and pink on the other is called watermelon tourmaline. Another highly valuable variety of the green jewels is chrome tourmaline, which is richly green due to the presence of chromium. Both green gemstones are sourced from Brazil, from which a newly discovered, brightly colored indicolite called Paraiba tourmaline has risen to popularity, and is the most expensive of the green rocks. The green gemstones come the species of tourmaline called elbaite, which is further divided into two varieties: verdelite and indicolite, the latter also available in blue. Source: Rob Lavinsky, – CC-BY-SA-3.0 Green Tourmalineīeside black, red (rubellites) and yellow, tourmalines also occur as green stones. Garnet is general is the traditional and modern birthstone for the month of January in the Western calendar, as well as the zodiac sign Aquarius. Color-changing varieties of garnet also exist.

Grossular garnet also produces green rocks, while uvarovite, one of the rarest garnet species, are beautiful and consistently green gems. The andradite species is further divided into the varieties topazolite and demantoid, which is the most expensive of garnets. The green gemstones come from three different garnet species. Source: Rob Lavinsky, – CC-BY-SA-3.0 Green Garnetīeside red, yellow and black, garnets also occur as green stones. Along with pearl and moonstone, alexandrite is the modern birthstone for the month of June in the US. Other varieties of alexandrite may give off yellow or pink during the day. Alexandrite from Russia consists of green gemstones that at night, under incandescent light, shift to red in color.

Different varieties of alexandrite produce different colors. Source: Alfonso via Wikimedia Commons AlexandriteĪlexandrite is a color-changing variety of chrysoberyl. The same faceted piece of alexandrite changing color from green to pink The green gemstones are the traditional and modern birthstone for the month of May, both in the Western and Hindu calendar, as well as the birthstone for the zodiac sign Cancer. Perfectly smooth and transparent pieces of the green precious stones, which are very hard to come by, are indeed quite valuable. The name emerald comes from the Greek smaragdos, which literally means “green gem.” The precious green stones are prone to inclusions, as well as surface fissures. Source: Eva Kröcher, CC-BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons EmeraldĮxclusively green stones, emeralds are part of a group of minerals called beryl, which is also available in yellow, black and red.

Source: Ra’ike via Wikimedia Commons Green crystal of emerald on the rock Just like the chemically unrelated variety of jade, nephrite, jadeite is also available in white. Jadeite is the most expensive variety of jade stones, and is most popularly known to occur as green stones of various shades, the most valuable being the translucent and intensely green gemstones. Source: Chris 73 / Wikimedia Commons Green Jadeite Diamond in general is the traditional and modern birthstone for the month of April, both in the Western and Hindu calendar. The green precious stones are a result of irradiation of pure diamonds. Of the several varieties of diamonds, the green gems are less rare than red and black, but less common than yellow and white. While pure diamonds are clear, various impurities give the precious stones different colors.

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