Aphrodite stone
Commercial fantasy name for cobalt-bearing calcite (also called cobalto-calcite), named after the Greek goddess Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty, sexuality and fertility, among other…
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Arabic Stone
Commercial name for a yellowish-brown to brownish-red sedimentary rock from the Indian Himalayas with light brown lines and arches. So named because of its resemblance…
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…
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…
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,…
