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…
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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…
Blue-Green Azeztulite™
Unregistered commercial name for a blue-green rock from the Pacific Northwest in the United States. Mainly composed of quartz and the blue-green color comes from…
Dragon’s blood
Commercial name for cinnabar, a red and poisonous mercury ore. Not to be confused with dragon’s blood jasper and dragon’s blood stone. In 2007, the…
Chinese chlorite or chrome quartz
Commercial name for a synthetic (man-made) white with green quartz made in a laboratory in China. Recognizable by a kind of lumpy or sugary layer…
Dragon’s blood jasper
Commercial name for a rock composed of green epidote and red piemontite from South Africa. It is noticeable that on Dutch websites a lot of…
Blue Lace Agate
Commercial name for a blue-violet banded variety of agate/chalcedony, also called Avalonite™ or simply chalcedony. The designation lace refers to the many winding bands, resembling…
Dragon’s blood stone
Commercial name used for a fuchsite-containing hornfels from Australia. It is also sometimes labeled (incorrectly) as a type of jade, jasper or bastite. It has…
Chinese jade
Misleading commercial name for a pale yellow-green serpentinite that looks like jade, but is not real jade. Calling it that way does make it easier…
