Let's take a look at the differences between minerals crystals and gemstones. Now, minerals are naturally occurring chemical compounds and they are usually found in crystalline form. They have chemical elements with separate constitution such as salt or salt sulfur, excuse me, is added to the chemical compound. Now, minerals are usually inorganic, which means that they were not produced by a life process. And some popular minerals are pyrite and Garnet and mica and hematite and the photo. On the right hand side is a picture of pyrite.

So crystals, crystals are formed with solid material whose atoms molecules And ions are arranged in a very highly ordered geometric structure. They are often referred to clear quartz formations yet they're also very miniscule forms of chemical elements. And some crystals. Some well known crystals are clear quartz Philistine fluoride, which is pictured on the right hand side and appetite. So gemstones are precious or semi precious stones that are cut polished and usually and used in jewelry. These are probably the most popular stones that you will come across.

And you can take a crystal such as floor right or quartz, and cut it down and polish it and turn it into a gemstone. So as you can see here, I see a I think that's a clear course right there as well as an amateur Best. Both are crystals, but they can be treated to be gemstones.