Specimen Care
For guidance only. Levels describe each mineral species in general, not your individual specimen. A missing warning means no risk is documented, not that a specimen is safe. Check with a specialist before cleaning, treating, or storing a sensitive piece.
Your health
29 specimens
Conservation
56 specimens
Handling & cleaning
64 specimens
Low: simple precautions
Moderate: change how it is stored or handled
High: can be damaged, or harmful to you
76 other specimens have no documented sensitivity.
No documented sensitivity · 76 specimens
Amazonite (Microcline var)
Andorite
Apatite (Fluorapatite)
Apophyllite & Stilbite
Aquamarine
Aquamarine & Muscovite
Astrophyllite
Atacamite
Axinite on Rhodonite
Barite
Barite (blue)
Berthierite
Brucite
Carrollite
Cassiterite & Muscovite
Cavansite on Stilbite
Clinoatacamite on Quartz
Colemanite
Cornetite
Cylindrite
Dioptase
Dioptase
Dolomite
Fluorapatite on Albite
Gibbsite
Goethite
Goethite (Iridescent Stalactite)
Hematite ps. Magnetite
Hematite var Specularite
Heterogenite & Chrysocolla
Hübnerite on Quartz
Ilmenite with Titanite
Ilvaite on Quartz
Jagueite
Kinoite
Kyanite
Libethenite
Limonite
Magnetite
Magnetite
Manganite
Nandan Iron Meteorite var Kamacite
Paratacamite
Pargasite
Pentagonite
Philipsburgite
Plancheite
Prehnite on Epidote
Quartz
Quartz "Herkimer Diamond"
Quartz (Smoky)
Quartz & hematite
Quartz with Fuchsite Phantoms
Rosasite
Ruby
Scapolite
Shattuckite
Siderite
Sodalite & Nepheline
Spessartine Garnet
Spessartine on smoky Quartz
Spinel
Spodumene
Stellerite
Strontianite
Thulite
Tourmaline & Cleavelandite
Tourmaline on Milky Quartz
Tourmaline var Elbaite
Tourmaline var. Dravite
Tourmaline with Cleavelandite (double-terminated, bi-colored)
Uvarovite Garnet (Large)
Vesuvianite
Wavellite
Wolframite
Zincite & Willemite
