Aqualite™
Commercial name for blue apatite in quartz. Several registrations have been found for the brand name Aqualite, but none involve a mineral or gemstone. Do…
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Arcanite
Official mineral name for a form of potassium sulfate (K2SO4). In 1845, Wilhelm Carl von Haidinger gave the mineral this name derived from the Latin…
Aquaprase
Commercial name for ocean blue-green-colored chalcedony. The name in reference to an aqua blue chrysporase, also a chalcedony variety. Could also, according to a discussion…
Arctic Green
Commercial name (especially in the natural stone trade) for a metamorphic rock from Norway, a fuchsite schist or gneiss. The rock contains at least the…
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…
