Soapstone Asbestos

Could you name how these minerals got there colors?

1.asbestos
2.azurite
3.agate
4.alabaster
5.almandine garnet
6.amazonite
7.amethyst
8.apache tears
9.anthracite coal
10.antimony
11.apache tear
12.apatite
13.aragonite
14.flourite
15.feldspar
16.galena
17.gold
18.gypsum
19.hornblende
20.hematite
21.jasper
22.kyanite
23.marble
24.nephrite
25.peacock ore
26.pinite
27.porphory
28.quartz
29.silver
30.sanstone
31.stilbite
32.sodalite
33.soapstone
34.selenite
35.onyx
36.mica
37.titanite
38.trilobites
39.wavelite
40.unikite
41.barite
42.beryl
43.chert
44.citrine

you dont have to name them all but just a couple would be nice or a website that could give me the answers of some of them. k thanks.

Most of the minerals on your list can be many colours, the different colours caused by different impurities in them.

For example, quartz can be a wide range of colours, and 2 others on your list, amethyst and citrine, are both types of quartz. Both get their colour from iron, and if amethyst is heated it becomes citrine.

Beryl is another gem that can be various colours. Green beryl is emerald and gets its colour from chromium. Aquamarine is pale blue beryl and gets its colour from iron. Morganite is pink beryl and gets its colour from manganese.

Silver and gold are both elements, so they’re that colour because that’s how they reflect the light.

Trilobites are a type of fossil so their colour will depend on what rock they are in.

If you google them you should be able to find out which elements cause the different forms of each mineral, or look on wikipedia.

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