Natural materials (origin)
Natural materials — 373 entries carry this value on the origin class axis. Formed by nature; subsequent treatment does not alter the natural substance, but must be disclosed separately under construction & treatment status.
About this classification
This axis is an editorial classification maintained by LumaLark, not a controlled vocabulary published by an outside standards body.
What this axis means
- Axis
- Origin class
- Definition
- Formed by nature; subsequent treatment does not alter the natural substance, but must be disclosed separately under construction & treatment status.
Member entries (373)
- Abalone Pearl
- Achroite
- Actinolite
- Agarwood
- Agate
- Akoya Cultured Pearl
- Alashan Yu
- Albite
- Albite Jade
- Alexandrite
- Alexandrite Cat’s-eye
- Almandine
- Amazonite
- Amber
- Amber with Animal Inclusion
- Amber with Plant Inclusion
- Amblygonite
- Amethyst
- Ametrine
- Ammolite
- Amphibole
- Andalusite
- Andesine
- Andradite
- Anorthite
- Apatite
- Apophyllite
- Aquamarine
- Aragonite
- Augite
- Aventurine Quartz
- Aventurine Quartz / Green Aventurine
- Axinite
- Azurite
- Azurite-Malachite
- Balin Stone
- Bamboo Coral
- Banded Agate
- Barite
- Baroque Cultured Pearl
- Beige Marble
- Benitoite
- Beryl
- Beryllium-Diffused Sapphire
- Bi Yu, Green Nephrite Variety
- Black Agate
- Black Coral
- Black Diamond (treated)
- Black Moonstone
- Black Nephrite
- Black Opal
- Black Tourmaline
- Blister Pearl
- Bloodstone / Heliotrope
- Blue Amber
- Blue Anhydrite
- Blue Apatite
- Blue Coral
- Blue Lace Agate
- Bone
- Boulder Opal
- Bovine Bone
- Bovine Horn
- Brazilianite
- Brown Nephrite
- Brucite
- Burma Ruby
- Bytownite
- Calcareous Coral
- Calcite
- Canary Tourmaline
- Carbonado
- Carnelian
- Cassiterite
- Cat’s-eye
- Cat’s-eye Chrysoberyl
- Celestite / Celestine
- Ceylon Sapphire
- Chalcedony
- Changhua Stone
- Charoite
- Chiastolite
- Chicken-blood Stone
- Chlorite
- Chrome Chalcedony
- Chrome Tourmaline
- Chrysoberyl
- Chrysocolla
- Chrysocolla Chalcedony
- Chrysoprase
- Circled Cultured Pearl
- Citrine
- Clay Minerals Jade
- Clear Quartz / Rock Crystal
- Coated Quartz
- Coated Topaz
- Cobalt Spinel
- Colombian Emerald
- Colour-Change Garnet
- Colour-change Sapphire
- Colourless to White Quartz (brand name: Azeztulite)
- Common Opal
- Coober Pedy Opal
- Copal
- Coral
- Corundum
- Crazy Lace Agate
- Crystal Opal
- Cultured Pearl
- Dabieshan Yu
- Danburite
- Datolite
- Demantoid
- Dendritic Agate
- Diamond
- Diaspore
- Diopside
- Dioptase
- Dolomite
- Dumortierite
- Dushan Yu / Dushan Jade
- Dyed Agate
- Elbaite
- Elestial Quartz / Skeletal Quartz
- Emerald
- Enstatite
- Epidote
- Euclase
- Eye Agate
- Fancy Color Diamond
- Fei Cui / Jadeite Jade
- Feldspar
- Fire Agate
- Fire Opal
- Flower Agate / Cherry Blossom Agate
- Fluorite
- Flux-Healed Ruby
- Freshwater Cultured Pearl
- Freshwater Natural Pearl
- Garnet
- Giant Clam Shell
- Golden Amber
- Golden Coral
- Golden Sheen Obsidian
- Goshenite
- Green Amber
- Green Fluorite
- Green Nephrite
- Green Quartz
- Green Sapphire
- Grossular
- Gypsum
- Hackmanite
- Haüyne
- Hawk’s Eye
- Hawksbill Turtle Shell
- Heliodor / Golden Beryl
- Hematite
- Hemimorphite
- Hessonite
- Hetian Yu, Brown Sugar-coloured Nephrite Variety
- Hetian Yu, Green Nephrite Variety
- Hetian Yu / Nephrite
- Hezhou Yu
- High-clarity quartz with golden needle-like inclusions
- Horn
- Horny Coral
- Howlite
- Huanglong Yu
- Hydrogrossular
- Hydrophane Opal
- Iceland Spar
- Imperial Topaz
- Included Quartz
- Indicolite
- Iolite
- Irradiated Blue Topaz
- Ivory
- Jade
- Jadeite
- Jasper
- Jet
- Jinsi Yu
- Jixue Yu
- Kashmir Sapphire
- Keshi Cultured Pearl
- Kornerupine
- Kosmochlor
- Kunzite
- Kyanite
- Labradorite
- Labradorite (Spectrolite)
- Lagoon Tourmaline
- Lantian Yu / Lantian Jade
- Lapis Lazuli
- Larimar
- Lava Stone
- Lazulite
- Lazurite
- Lead-Glass-Filled Ruby
- Lepidolite
- Lightning Ridge Opal
- Madeira Citrine
- Magnesite
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Malachite Agate
- Malaya Garnet
- Mali Garnet
- Mammoth Ivory
- Marble
- Matrix Opal
- Maw-sit-sit
- Maxixe Beryl
- Melanite
- Mi Yu
- Mica Jade
- Microcline
- Moonstone
- Morganite
- Morion / very dark Smoky Quartz
- Moss Agate
- Moss Chalcedony
- Moss Opal
- Mother-of-Pearl / Nacre
- Multi-inclusion Quartz
- Muscovite
- Natural Conch Pearl / Natural Melo Pearl
- Natural Glass (material)
- Natural Pearl
- Nephrite
- Nuummite
- Obsidian
- Oligoclase
- Onyx (banded chalcedony)
- Opal
- Opalised Fossil
- Opalised Shell
- Opalised Wood
- Opaque Amber
- Ophicalcite
- Orange Sapphire
- Orthoclase
- Padparadscha Sapphire
- Pale Greenish-White Nephrite
- Paraíba Tourmaline
- Patterned Amber
- Pearl
- Pectolite
- Peridot
- Perthite
- Petrified Palm Wood
- Petrified Wood
- Phantom Quartz
- Phenakite
- Phosphophyllite
- Picture Jasper
- Pietersite
- Pink Coral
- Pink Sapphire
- Prase
- Prasiolite / Green Quartz
- Precious Coral
- Precious Opal
- Prehnite
- Purple Sapphire
- Pyrite
- Pyrope
- Pyrophyllite
- Pyroxene
- Qingtian Stone
- Quartz
- Quartz Cat’s-eye
- Quartz claimed to be from the Himalayas
- Quartz Crystal
- Quartz with dark needle-like inclusions
- Quartz with fine fibrous inclusions
- Quartz with flower-like inclusions
- Quartz with golden needle-like inclusions
- Quartz with green needle-like inclusions
- Quartzite Jade
- Quartzose Jade
- Rainbow Moonstone
- Rainbow Obsidian
- Red Agate
- Red Amber
- Red Beryl
- Red Coral
- Rhodochrosite
- Rhodolite
- Rhodonite
- Rock Crystal
- Rose Quartz
- Rubellite
- Ruby
- Rutilated Quartz
- Rutile
- Saltwater Cultured Pearl
- Saltwater Natural Pearl
- Sapphire
- Sard
- Sardonyx
- Saussurite
- Scapolite
- Scheelite
- Serpentine
- Shell
- Shoushan Stone
- Silicified Asbestos
- Silicified Coral / Fossil Coral
- Silicified Jade
- Sillimanite
- Silver Sheen Obsidian
- Sinhalite
- Smithsonite
- Smoky Quartz
- Smoky Quartz (brown variety)
- Snowflake Obsidian
- Sodalite
- South Sea Cultured Pearl
- Spectrolite
- Spessartine
- Sphalerite
- Spinel
- Spodumene
- Sponge Coral
- Stabilised Turquoise
- Star Ruby
- Star Sapphire
- Strawberry Quartz
- Sugilite
- Sunstone
- Taaffeite
- Taaffeite Group
- Tahitian Cultured Pearl
- Taishan Yu
- Taiwan Nephrite
- Talc
- Tanzanite
- Tektite / Moldavite
- Thulite
- Tianhuang
- Tiger’s Eye
- Titanite / Sphene
- Tongtian Yu
- Topaz
- Tourmaline
- Tourmaline Cat’s-eye
- Tremolite
- Tsavorite
- Turquoise
- Turtle Shell
- Unakite
- Uvarovite
- Variscite
- Vegetable Ivory (Tagua Nut)
- Verdelite
- Vesuvianite / Idocrase
- Watermelon Tourmaline
- White Coral
- White Marble (Hanbaiyu)
- White Nephrite
- White Opal
- White Sapphire
- White South Sea Cultured Pearl
- Wood
- Xiu Yu / Serpentine
- Yellow-green Quartz
- Yellow Nephrite
- Yellow Sapphire
- Zambian Emerald
- Zircon
- Zoisite
Names
- 简体中文
- 天然材料
- 繁體中文
- 天然材料
- English
- Natural materials
- 日本語
- 天然材料
Distribution across the other axes
Material domain
Identity level
- Mineral species (87)
- Mineral / gemstone variety (80)
- Organic or biogenic material (52)
- Trade name: colour / appearance variety (52)
- Rock / mineral aggregate (34)
- Commercial / trade name (19)
- Mineral group / supergroup (13)
- Trade name: inclusion / visual-effect descriptor (11)
- Trade name: geographic / origin-linked name (9)
- Natural glass (7)
- Trade name: cultural / brand designation (4)
- Natural amorphous gem material / mineraloid (3)
- Shape / bead-form / specification term (2)
Mineral chemical class
- Silicates (205)
- Not applicable (77)
- Oxides / hydroxides (34)
- Mixed / composition-dependent (23)
- Carbonates (10)
- Phosphates (9)
- Native elements (4)
- Sulfates (4)
- Borates and tungstates (3)
- Halides (2)
- Sulfides / sulfosalts (2)
Construction or treatment status
- Natural identity; treatment status unknown (339)
- Natural; common industry optimization (verify with certificate) (14)
- Natural; treatment common (require certificate to distinguish) (10)
- Cultured formation; treatments recorded separately (9)
- Treated: dyed (1)
Controlled values on this axis
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| Value | Status |
|---|---|
| Natural materials | Has its own page |
| Artificial products / Manufactured products | Has its own page |
| Material identity unspecified | Has its own page |