Top 10 Most Beautiful Gemstones

I like diamonds, but they aren't as rare as people think. The diamond sellers keep a lot of diamonds in a warehouse.

Come on, girls, emerald over diamond? Who's a girl's best friend again?

OMG, that's my birthstone?! It's so shiny it makes me cry! "My eyes, (crying) why are you crying, Mom? It's too shiny!"

Sapphires are royal blue, made to adorn the fingers of royalty. Honestly, emeralds over sapphires - much less garnets? People are crazy. Sapphires are sleek, sophisticated, and regal.

You must check out Padparadscha Sapphire, named after the pink/orange lotus flower. It comes only in a mixture of two colors: orange and pink. Padparadscha is the rarest of all sapphires. It's not irradiated like most blue sapphires, so it's 100% natural. You get 80% orange, 20% pink, or 80% pink and 20% orange. Either shade is beautiful.

Sapphires are very pretty, with the dark navy blue and all. It can make you feel very emotional sometimes. But this stone is very formal.

This is my birthstone and the best. I heard that if your gemstone is emerald, it means you are kind, loving, but a bit sensitive.

Girls like diamonds maybe, but boys prefer emeralds, rubies, and sapphires. They are colorful.

Diamonds are for girls. Emeralds are for guys! The green is such a beautiful color, and that's why emerald is so awesome! Diamond is also great.

The most beautiful gemstone I have ever seen. They come in all colors. Sometimes, I can't believe they come from our world, and it's no wonder they were seen as having magical properties in early times.

Opal is my birthstone, and I just love it! Opals seem to capture a rainbow inside of them, and they are so beautiful. I personally think diamonds are overrated, and opals are perfectly unique!

Opal is my birthstone and is like a rainbow on your finger. No two opals have the same pattern, and they come in a variety of colors like blue opal, fire opal, and purple opal.

Diamonds a girl's best friend? Honey, I don't want a clear ball. I want something that stands out - not too fancy but still pretty, like me! I have two pairs of ruby earrings, and I love them!

Honestly, not because it's my birthstone, but because this gem looks beautiful along with gold!

They're really beautiful - deep red, the color of blood.

The clear, pale blue types from the mountains of Colorado are absolutely beautiful.

It reminds me of calming, beautiful waters. Not to mention, it is so pretty!

This gemstone is really pretty. It's one of my favorites.

This is just a beautiful gemstone. Why? The color. Blue or purple, semi-transparent, and shiny. Some gems are like rocks and don't even shine.

I might go on about the shape too! It's simply even, unlike some gems, naturally even!

Next, it can color-change in different light! I'd like a rainbow quartz gem, though it isn't really on the list. I'd prefer a color-change fluorite too, but you see, it's the same as before.

Blue and purple are calming, deep, and sweet colors. Yoo-hoo!

How is this gem not at the top? Alexandrite is beautiful. It's also purple, but not too purple, more like a calming indigo, plus iridescent! This gem is certainly better than the generic, clear, colorless, but somehow famous diamonds.

Diamond's a girl's best friend. Nah, don't think so, hun. Amethysts are everyone's friend! Yes, diamonds have value, but that's just a plain, clear object. Amethysts have beauty, color, life, and happiness! Anyway, you get the point.

I love Amethyst. It's the prettiest gem in my opinion, and purple is also my most favorite color. It's also my birthstone, so I wear it as a necklace that looks like the one from Sofia the First.

Eh... never a big fan of the gemstone Amethyst... nor in the TV show Steven Universe. I guess you could call me Pearl. Get it?

Green garnets can really outclass green diamonds. If you want a fiery gem, Demantoid garnet in a cluster will give you lots and lots of fire. In sunlight and indoor lighting, you will see a rainbow of colors. That's why it is among the three gems that have more fire than diamonds. It's rarer than diamonds, and historically, it was solely for the Russian tsars.

Now diamonds, sorry, but you are not the best. This proves the power of marketing and how susceptible we are to it.

Hey! Garnet is pretty and tough, both in the real world and in Steven Universe. They use it for industrial stuff! How can you not love garnet?

It comes in different shades, and the most expensive is Blue Garnet, which is over 1 million dollars for a carat. I don't know for sure, but yeah.

Before now, I had never heard about this emerald, but it's now one of my favorites!

This gemstone just seems to speak to me. I love it! Also, to the person who said they hate that it is their birthstone, I say you're lucky. This stone is gorgeous!

Sure, it's no diamond, sapphire, or ruby, but it's a pretty cool gem. Also, it's my birthstone.

My birthstone, and gosh, this gem is more beautiful and special than the rest.

It looks lovely! I never knew that this was an actual gemstone!

The different colors within the depths are lovely.

Along with lapis lazuli, turquoise is my favorite gem and my birthstone for December. I love its rich blue-green shade, but sadly, it is not very popular, even though it isn't nearly as expensive as some other gems.

I love turquoise. Turquoise and amber are the best gemstones, and they really need to be higher on this list. Those two colors make me feel happy.

I feel bad for lapis because it stinks when being cut and polished.

I absolutely love its deep blue color.

Moonstone is beautiful. It's like a diamond mixed with an opal and showered in stars. It is more subtle than an opal but has an array of lovely colors that shine like moonlight.

Yay! My birthstone! It's so pretty, and the colors reflect all along the stone. It is a bluish color with different shadings.

I've always been intrigued by this one for some reason. It is really beautiful.

I love the solid pastel pink color of this gem, and I wish it was further up the list.

It is the most beautiful stone in the world!