Desirite
Trade term coined by a seller from South Africa for a particular find of quartz crystals with phantoms/ inclusions of minerals from the amphibole group…
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Cherry Blossom Stone
Commercial name used for various stones. Cherry Blossom Stone from Japan Originally the name Cherry Blossom Stone was used only for a special mineralogical phenomenon,…
Detroit agate
This material, also known as fordite or motor agate, is not an agate or mineral at all! It consists of old automotive paint layers that…
Flower Agate
Commercial name for a translucent chalcedony with opaque chalcedony inclusions resembling flowers, on the market since 2018 from Madagascar. This material is described to be…
DevaQuartz™ (Green Phantoms)
Unregistered commercial name introduced by Robert Simmons (Heaven & Earth) for quartz crystals with inclusions/fantoms of the green mineral celadonite. Sometimes also used for quartz…
Chevron amethyst
Synonym for banded amethyst, consisting of alternating layers of white quartz and purple amethyst forming a V-shaped or striped pattern. A chevron is a zigzag…
Deyerite
Commercial name for a dyed granite or diorite, derived from the verb to dye, combined with the rock name diorite. Do you have a nice…
Blueberry Quartz
This commercial name is used for different materials. Mostly for man-made blue-colored glass, but sometimes for synthetically manufactured blue quartz. See also blue quartz and…
Dianite
A blue amphibole-rich rock, consisting mainly of potassium richterite and sold as a simulant of jade or nephrite (also under the names blue jade or…
Chilean lapis
Trade name for a light blue variety of lapis lazuli from Chile in which the proportion of calcite often predominates. This makes it more white…
