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No not all. Some minerals are metals.

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What are Diamondsrubiesopals emerald and sapphires are all examples of well they are all minerals but also gemstones?

yes they are all minerals and gemstones


Rare and beautiful minerals are called what?

They are called gemstones.Rare, beautiful minerals are generally classified as "gems" or "gemstones".


Are there any places in Ohio to dig for gemstones or minerals?

Fairborn Ohio has a old quarry now a city park that they alow digging for minerals and fossils. Don't forget your rock hammer!


What are the monthly gemstones?

well its definately not a period


Why are buildings made of sedimentary rocks rather than gemstones?

Price constraints, gemstones even though some of them like diamonds are not that rare they are hard to extract from the ground and it would be hard to find ones large enough to make parts of buildings, howver you could do a cobbled wall with gemstones.

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Could all minerals be gemstones?

Not all minerals are gemstones; these are exceptions.


Are gemstones considered as rocks or minerals?

minerals


Is gemstone a mineral?

Gemstones are minerals but not all minerals are gemstones, as some minerals are very common and have little aesthetic or monetary value.


What are Diamondsrubiesopals emerald and sapphires are all examples of well they are all minerals but also gemstones?

yes they are all minerals and gemstones


What minerals make yellow gemstones?

Asss


What turns minerals into gemstones?

heat and pressure


Can all minerals be a gemstones?

No not all. Some minerals are metals.


Why can some minerals be used as gemstones?

The most valuable gemstones are the clear, crystalline form of the harder minerals such as diamond, corundum, tourmaline, topaz, and garnet. Other minerals with exceptional clarity or color, and even some rock types are known commercially to be valuable as gemstones, but hardness is a key to frequent wearability.


Are they any places in Texas to dig for gemstones or minerals?

their are many minerls in Texas some minerals are Aluminum, copper, coal, Gemstones, gold, led, zinc, salt, and silver.


What is gemstone Can all minerals be gemstones?

no becase there others name


What is difference between synthetic gemstones and genuine gemstones?

Gemstones are crystalline of minerals which can be cut and polish. Synthetic stones are chemically fabricated product, in my view we can not call it synthetic gemstones they are pure synthetic products.


What are uses of a mineral resources?

Gemstones Metals Other useful minerals