| Aab |
a
black-coloured stone. |
| Ahwa |
rose colored. |
| Alaimani |
brown in color, belongs to the Suleimani
family |
| Amleeya |
dark rose, used for making mortars. |
| Banshi |
a soft, green stone. |
| Bairooz |
aquamarine, light green. |
| Chadrakantamani |
Godanta or moon stone, as the names suggest, has the color of white cloud or the tooth of a cow. There is the glistening band which rolls when the stone is turned. |
| Chitt |
golden-colored, with a stripe. |
| Dana
phirang |
kidney stone, light green in color. |
| Darchana |
color of the yellow pulse. |
| Dhedi |
black, used for making crockery. |
| Door |
dark brown, also used for mortar. |
| Dantla |
yellow |
| Durvenjphj |
color of unripe paddy. |
| Ghunela |
smoky quartz, also gold in color. |
| Gouri |
comes in various colors, often has white stripes, used for making measuring weight for
jewelers. |
| Halan |
its pink color moves when the stone is moved |
| Haquiq-al-bahar |
for making eye medicines. |
| Haree |
black-brownish, used for making rosaries. |
| Hawas |
green with a golden tinge. |
| Jabarjad |
light green pari dot. |
| Jamuniya or
kataila: |
amethyst, light or dark purple in
colour, also a birth stone |
| Jajemani |
also of the Suleimani family, brown in color with a white stripe. |
| Jhana |
a very soft
stone which even water can destroy. |
| Kehruva |
amber, dull
wheatish. |
| Kasauti |
lit. tough stone, use to test the purity of gold. |
| Kamala |
dull white with a green tinge. |
| Khara |
greenish, used for making
mortar |
| Kudrat |
black with yellow and white spots. |
| Lalri |
the color of the rose, also called
gulabi |
| Ludhia |
red stone. |
| Lajvart |
lapis lazuli; a soft blue stone known in the west as the blue sapphire. |
| Laroo |
a kind of marvar stone. |
| Liliar |
black, used in mortar. |
| Mariyam |
of shining white color. |
| Makanatees |
lodestone, also called
chakmak, its color ranges from white to black. |
| Margaj |
jade, green inexpensive opaque stone with astrological
significance. |
| Marvar |
in three colors, red white and
off-white. |
| Makra |
meaning spider, the black stone has the impress of a spider's web. |
| Moosa |
dusty white, used for making bowls. |
| Naram |
a dark yellow-red spinel ruby. |
| Neeli |
a soft stone which resembles the blue sapphire. |
| Phiroza |
turquoise |
| Pitania |
blood stone, green with blood red spots. |
| Panghan |
black, used for making toys. |
| Para
zahar |
color of white bamboo, has great medicinal properties, properties, healsheals wounds quickly. |
| Parasmani |
a legendry stone very rarely seen, it is said to have the ability to turn base metals in to gold. Alchemist's stone of western legends. |
| Romni |
soft black red-stone. |
| Rawaat |
red and blue, both with medicinal properties. |
| Sitara |
gold stone; orange red with specks of gold, very soft and brittle. |
| Sphatik |
rock crystal, shining white. Cut finely, this resembles white topaz. |
| Sindooria |
light
pink |
| Savore |
green with white stripe. |
| Sangson |
white with impress of a tree. |
| Sang-basr |
used for making
surma. |
| Sangeeya |
white stone. |
| Sifiri |
a mixture of green and sky
blue |
| Seengli |
belongs to the ruby family but is softer and less expensive, the color tending towards black. |
| Seeya |
black, often used for
sculpture |
| Seemark |
red with yellowish tinge, used for making mortar in which medicines are triturated. |
| Seer
khadi |
gypsum, dusty appearance, used for making
toys |
| Sohan
makhkhi |
looks like white clay, considered effective in curing urinary
troubles |
| Surma |
lit.khol, to line the eyes, black. |
| Sunehal |
topaz, also called citrine; golden topaz is most
attractive |
| Surma |
black with a white
stripe |
| Turmali |
tourmaline, soft stone in a range of color, has great astrological significance. |
| Tamda |
garnet, black, redor maroon,
almost popular semi-precious stone. |
| Tursawa |
soft
yellow-red |
| Upal |
opal, a popular multi-hued sparkling gem. |
