Toxic Gemstones

witchcamellia:

Here is a list of gemstones that are TOXIC in water and should NOT be used directly in gem elixirs etc.

Actinolite

Adamite

Ajoite

Alexandrite

Amazonite

Atacamite

Aquamarine

Auricalcite

Azurite

Beryl Group:

-Bixbite

-Emerald

-Aquamarine

-Goshenite

-Heliodor

-Morganite

Black Tourmaline

Boji-stones

Bronchantite

Cavansite

Celestite

Chalcantite

Chalcopyrite

Chrysocolla

Cinnabar

Conicalcite

Copper

Covellite

Cuprite

Dioptase

Dumortierite

Emerald

Fluorite

Garnet

Gem Silica

Galena

Garnierite (aka Falcondoite)

Hematite will rust, but not toxic

Iolite

Kunzite

Labradorite

Lapis Lazuli

Lepidolite

Magnetite will rust, but not toxic

Malachite

Markasite

Mohawkite

Moldavite

Moonstone

Morganite

Pietersite

Prehnite

Psiomelan

Pyrite

Realgar

Ruby

Sapphire

Selenite (Although not toxic, friable; tiny shards may break off in water)

Serpentine

Smithsonite

Sodalite

Spinel

Spodumene (aka Kunzite)

Staurolite

Stibnite

Stilbite

Sugilite

Sulfur

Sunstone

Tanzanite

Tiger Eye

Topaz

Torbenite

Tourmaline

Tremolite

Turquoise

Vanadinite

Variscite

Vesuvianite

Wavellite

Wulfenite

Zircon

Zoisite