Aquatine (calcite)™
Unregistered commercial name for blue-colored (aqua) banded calcite from Argentina. Also called blue onyx, Lemurian Aquatine Calcite™ or oceanite. Incidentally, this is one of those…
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Eagle Eye
Commercial name used for several stones referred to as Eagle Eye or Eagle’s Eye. The name is used primarily for a cut stone that most…
Artichoke quartz
Name for a specific growth form of quartz called split growth. In a typical artichoke quartz, the crystals grow “split” in a manner similar to…
Ascensionite™
Unregistered commercial name for a simple rock said to consist of dolomite, basalt and quartz from South Africa. Registered by Steven Rosley on December 18,…
Ascension stones
Commercial name for marcasite nodules. Are often offered as a pair of a male and female stone, much like Boji®Stones and Moqui marbles. The smooth…
Astraline™
Unregistered commercial name for quartz, combined with muscovite and cronstedtite (mineral from the serpentine group). Do you have a nice example of this stone and…
Atlantis Stone
This name is used for several minerals. Among others, for larimar (a variety of pectolite). ‘Channelled’ by Edgar Cayce and mainly used in the new-age…
Atlantisite™
Unregistered commercial name for a serpentinite rock composed of green minerals from the serpentine group and purple stichtite. This trademark was registered by Crystal Universe…
Aura Quartz
Commercial name for mostly natural lower-grade quartz that has undergone laboratory treatment. In a vacuum chamber (heated to about 870 °C) an ultra-thin layer of…
Azotic Topaz
Commercial name for laboratory-treated white topaz coated with titanium. Do you have a nice example of this stone and would like to provide a photo…
