Editing Gemstone (section)

==List of rare gemstones==
* [[Painite]] was discovered in 1956 in Ohngaing in Myanmar. The mineral was named in honor of the British gemologist Arthur Charles Davy Pain. At one point it was considered the rarest mineral on Earth.{{sfn|Hansen|2022|p=206}}
* [[Tanzanite]] was discovered in 1967 in Northern Tanzania. With its supply possibly declining in the next 30 years, this gemstone is considered to be more rare than a diamond. This type of gemstone receives its vibrant blue from being heated.<ref name="Spruce">{{Cite web |title=10 Gems Rarer and More Valuable Than Diamonds |url=https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/most-valuable-gemstones-in-the-world-4105417 |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=The Spruce Crafts |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331215058/https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/most-valuable-gemstones-in-the-world-4105417 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Hibonite]] was discovered in 1956 in Madagascar. It was named after the discoverer, French geologist Paul Hibon. Gem quality hibonite has been found only in Myanmar.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.gia.edu/doc/Hibonite-a-New-Gem-Mineral.pdf |title=Hibonite: A New Gem Mineral |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213082143/https://www.gia.edu/doc/Hibonite-a-New-Gem-Mineral.pdf |archive-date=2017-12-13 |url-status=live |journal=Gems & Gemology |volume=46 |number=2 |pages=135–138 |date=Summer 2010 |first1=Thomas |last1=Hainschwang |first2=Franck |last2=Notari |first3=Laurent |last3=Massi|first4=Thomas |last4=Armbruster |first5=Benjamin |last5=Rondeau |first6=Emmanuel |last6=Fritsch |first7=Mariko |last7=Nagashima |doi=10.5741/GEMS.46.2.135|bibcode=2010GemG...46..135H }}</ref>
[[File:RedBeryl-G-EmpireTheWorldOfGems (cropped).jpg|thumb|Red Beryl - discovered in 1904]]
* [[Red beryl]] or bixbite was discovered in an area near Beaver, Utah in 1904 and named after the American mineralogist Maynard Bixby.
* [[Jeremejevite]] was discovered in 1883 in Russia and named after its discoverer, Pawel Wladimirowich Jeremejew (1830–1899).
* [[Chambersite]] was discovered in 1957 in Chambers County, Texas, US, and named after the deposit's location.
* [[Taaffeite]] was discovered in 1945. It was named after the discoverer, the Irish gemologist Count Edward Charles Richard Taaffe.
* [[Musgravite]] was discovered in 1967 in the Musgrave Mountains in South Australia and named for the location.
[[File:Black opal (Stayish Mine, Wollo Province, Ethiopia) 6 (23226115484).jpg|thumb|Black Opal – the rarest type of opal]]
* [[Black opal]] is directly mined in New South Wales, Australia, making it the rarest type of opal. Having a darker composition, this gemstone can be in a variety of colours.<ref name="Spruce" /> 
* [[Grandidierite]] was discovered by Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948) in 1902 in Tuléar Province, Madagascar. It was named in honor of the French naturalist and explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912).
* [[Poudretteite]] was discovered in 1965 at the Poudrette Quarry in Canada and named after the quarry's owners and operators, the Poudrette family.
* [[Serendibite]] was discovered in Sri Lanka by Sunil Palitha Gunasekera in 1902 and named after Serendib, the old Arabic name for Sri Lanka.
* [[Zektzerite]] was discovered by Bart Cannon in 1968 on Kangaroo Ridge near Washington Pass in Okanogan County, Washington, USA. The mineral was named in honor of mathematician and geologist Jack Zektzer, who presented the material for study in 1976.