Chrysotile in serpentine
Correct designation for bands of white-gray to light green chrysotile in a dark green serpentine rock. Chrysotile is a fibrous mineral from the asbestos group…
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Fairy Cross
Commercial name for twin crystals of the mineral staurolite, which form a perfect cross (usually at a 60-degree angle, sometimes at a 90-degree angle). The…
Angel chalcedony(quartz) / Spirit chalcedony(quartz)
Commercial name from esoteric sources for stalactite-grown chalcedony covered with small (druzy) quartz crystals from India. Sometimes the core of the stalactite is gone and…
Fairy Cross Stone
Commercial name for chiastolite, a variety of the mineral andalusite. After the black cross-shaped inclusions of graphite (carbon) in crystals of andalusite. The cross-shaped pattern…
Angel stone / angel wings
Commercial name from esoteric background for various minerals that could put you in touch with angels or your angelic consciousness. Angel stone or angel wings…
Fairy Dream
Commercial fantasy name for a breccia-like rock described as a combination of agate, jasper and chalcedony in quartz and again a “new” stone from Madagascar.…
Enhydro agate
Designation for agate/chalcedony with enclosed water. There are both tumblestones and half-polished geodes on the market that contain visible water. It is usually added that…
Fairy opal
Commercial name for low quality opal or matrix opal (small specks of opal in matrix of, for example, sandstone or a volcanic rock), which is…
Fairy Stone
Commercial name for concretions of calcite (calcium carbonate) and clay, formed in glacial deposits around a core of, say, a pebble or crystal. A kind…
Fancy jasper
Commercial name for various stones. When the book was published in 2022, this misleading commercial name was mainly used for a red and white banded…
