Adamantiums and Corundums

The Gems of Hardness

Hardness: 9-10

The hard gems are the adamantiums and the corundums: orange sapphire?, green sapphire?, inclusions, blue sapphire?, golden sapphire?, orange-pink rubies known as padparadscha?, pink diamond?, star sapphire?, star ruby?, rainbow sapphire?, brown diamond?, yellow diamond?, blue diamond?, white diamond?, green diamond?, white sapphire?, black diamond?, and the deep red corundums known as rubies?.

Series A GemElementEcoRelationSeasonSeries B GemElement
orange sapphire?CsSacrificial SatisfactionSpringbrown diamond?Au
green sapphire?BaEvangelical PredationSpringyellow diamond?Hg
blue diamond?TlCommensal LaudationSummerinclusionsLa*
white diamond?PbSymbiotic CooperationSummerblue sapphire?Hf
green diamond?BiBenign WardingSummergolden sapphire?Ta
white sapphire?PoDepressed ParasitismAutumnpadparadscha?W
black diamond?AtAngry SadismAutumnpink diamond?Re
ruby corundum?RnSynnecrotic ConflictWinterstar sapphire?Os
Synnecrotic ConflictWinterstar ruby?Ir
Synnecrotic ConflictWinterrainbow sapphire?Pt

*Lanthanide Series of Rare Earths

The corundums include: sapphires (orange, star, blue, golden, multicolored, green and white) and rubies (lotus-colored or "padparadscha," star and pigeon's blood red).

The adamantiums are all diamonds: black, pink, brown, yellow, blue, green and the clear, white diamonds most people know best.

See also Gems.

— Scotus - 23 Dec 2001