Choco jasper
Commercial name for a chocolate-brown or brown and cream-colored stone whose exact composition is unknown. It is also unclear whether this is actually a jasper.…
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Eisenkiesel
A German term for a variety of quartz colored red, orange or brown by hematite inclusions. Translucent to nearly opaque. The term “Eisenkiesel” is sometimes…
Botswana agate
Trade name for an agate variety from Botswana, with fine, parallel lines, often pink overflowing into gray to white.
Ema egg
Originally a trade name for a naturally tumbled pebble from the river of transparent quartz with a matte exterior resembling an eggshell, originally collected from…
Chiquitanita
Commercial name for a deep green, chromium-containing chalcedony from Bolivia. Similar to the more common chrysoprase, a green nickel-containing chalcedony variety. Chromium chalcedony found in…
Elestial quartz
A term introduced mainly from the esoteric community for a growth form of quartz (usually smoky quartz). Literally translated, it means something like “celestial or…
Bowenite jade
Misleading commercial name for the mineral bowenite, a translucent, fine-grained variety of serpentine antigorite, resembling nephrite. Also marketed under the misleading names new jade, serpentine…
Emberlite
Unregistered commercial name for a sodalite syenite, a rock containing orange-yellow fluorescent sodalite. Introduced in connection with the trademark registration for similar material under the…
Chrysanthemum Stone
A dark rock with light-colored crystals in patterns that may resemble chrysanthemums or other flowers. This stone is offered both in cut form and in…
Elestite / Elestial Angel Calcite™
An unregistered commercial name for low-grade white calcite found in the Mohave Desert in the southwestern United States, among other places. The typical etched structure…
