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…
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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…
Oceanite
Another marketing name for blue-colored (aqua) calcite from Argentina. Also called Aquatine (Calcite)™, Blue Onyx or Lemurian Aquatine Calcite™. Do you still get it? Do…
Onyx / onyx marble
In correct usage, the name onyx refers to a black and white banded agate, a variety of chalcedony. In addition to black and white onyx,…
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…
Dolphin stone
A popular fantasy name for larimar (a variety of the mineral pectolite from the Dominican Republic). Larimar is said to have been used as a…
