Chelsea Filter Reactions
compiled by Cheryl Castner

STONE:

Green stones:
Alexandrite ..............................................................
Aquamarine .............................................................
Aventurine Quartz.....................................................
Chrome Chalcedony.................................................
Chrysoprase ............................................................
Demantoid Garnet ...................................................
Emerald *.................................................................
*(some Emeralds from South Africa and India may not show a Red hue, but remain Greenish)
Enstatite....................................................................
Fluorite.....................................................................
Glass (pastes) ...........................................................
Hiddenite ...................................................................
Jadeite ......................................................................
Peridot ......................................................................
Sapphire ...................................................................
Soude’ emerald*......................................................
*(the old type soude’ emerald may show Red)
Stained Bowenite ......................................................
Stained Chalcedony ..................................................
Stained Jadeite ..........................................................
Synthetic Corundum (Alexandrite color) ....................
Synthetic Emerald (most) ...........................................
Synthetic Sapphire .....................................................
Synthetic Spinel *.......................................................
*(some old types may show Green)
Tourmaline *..............................................................
*(Certain anomalous green tourmalines have been found to show Red – which would indicate chrome tourmaline)
Tsavorite garnet.........................................................
Uvarovite garnet ........................................................
Zircon........................................................................

Red stones:
Garnets Dark Red(no fluorescence)............................
Garnet-topped doublets (no fluorescence)..................
Glass (paste) (no fluorescence)...................................
Ruby (natural and synthetic)Strong fluorescence..........
Spinel Fluorescent .....................................................
Spinel (synthetic) *Fluorescent .................................
*(The pink synthetic spinel does not show a red color through the filter)

Blue stones:
Aquamarine...............................................................
Garnet-topped doublets..............................................
Glass (pastes) Dark Blue ...........................................
Glass (pastes) Light Blue ..........................................
Lapis Lazuli .............................................................
Sapphire Blackish-*..................................................
*(The Blue sapphire which shows a Purple color under artificial light, usually shows Red under the filter)
Sodalite ....................................................................
Spinel ........................................................................
Spinel (natural) colored by cobalt...............................
“Swiss lapis” Greenish-Blue........................................
Synthetic Sapphire *..................................................
*(The natural and synthetic sapphire are indistinguishable under the color filter)
Synthetic Spinel Dark Blue.....................................
Synthetic Spinel Light Blue ........................................
Synthetic Spinel “Zircon” color ..................................
Synthetic Spinel “Lapis lazuli” color ..........................
Zircon .......................................................................

Purple stones:
Amethyst ..................................................................
Violet Sapphire ........................................................

REACTION:


Red
Distinctly Green
Reddish
Red
Green
Reddish
Pink to Red


Green
Reddish
Green
Slight Pink
Green
Green: Aqua Blue
Green
Green

Red
Red
Red
Red
Strong Red
Red
Red

Green


Red
Pink
Reddish


Red
Dark Red
Dark Red
Red
Red
Red

 


Distinctive Green
Greenish-Blue
Red
Greenish
Weak Brownish Red
Green


Slightly Brownish
Reddish
Red
Greenish-Blue
Dark Greenish-Blue


Red
Orange
Orange to Red
Bright Red
Greenish


Reddish
Bright Red

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