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…
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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…
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…
Bowenite jade
Misleading commercial name for the mineral bowenite, a translucent, fine-grained variety of antigorite, a mineral from the serpentine group that resembles nephrite. Also marketed under…
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…
Chocolate aragonite/calcite
Commercial name for a chocolate brown aragonite and/or calcite, sometimes distinctly banded, usually from Pakistan. Primarily marketed in the form of polished spheres, towers and…
