Harlequin quartz
Commercial name for quartz with red-reddish-brown flaky inclusions of hematite. The red inclusions in many quartz crystals, often referred to by sellers as lepidocrocite, are…
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Healerite™
Registered trademark for a lime-green serpentine from the United States. Registered for Australia since Oct. 25, 2013, by Robert Simmons and Kathy Warner (Heaven &…
Healer’s Gold™
Unregistered commercial name for a combination of magnetite and pyrite found in Arizona, United States. Introduced by Robert Simmons (Heaven & Earth). Not to be…
Heartenite™
Registered trade name for probably a mineral of the chlorite group. The originator of the name gives the following description: ” Complex phyllosilicate mineral, containing…
Heckonite (jasper)
Commercial name for a synthetic product. So not a natural mineral, but unfortunately this is often not disclosed. Also called Rainbow Heckonite (jasper). There are…
Witches broom kyanite
Commercial fantasy name for the fan-shaped aggregates of black kyanite that resemble a witches’ broom. Also called broom kyanite or Witch broom kyanite. Increasingly, these…
Witches fingers (quartz)
This designation is used for different forms of quartz. Long on the market under this commercial fancy name are tapered crystals (Tessin habit) of smoky…
Helenite / Mount St. Helens obsidianite
Commercial name for man-made glass incorporating volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens and marketed as a gemstone. Helenite first formed by accident after the eruption…
Hematite
Official mineral name for an iron oxide. Hematite has many different appearances: it can occur in reddish-brown to ochre-colored masses, dark silver-gray scaly masses, silver-gray…
Herkimer diamond
Local name for clear double-terminated quartz crystals with high brilliance from Herkimer Co., New York and surrounding areas, United States. Herkimer diamonds have been popular…
