Seftonite
Name for a translucent, moss-green variety of chalcedony, but used as a commercial name for a green-gray chalcedony from Africa with angular pieces of red…
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Praetorianite
Commercial name for a massive variety of grossular, a green mineral from the garnet group. Named for Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, where…
Lilaczanite
Commercial name for quartz with a light purple color and a milky or opal-like hue similar to girasol quartz. This material is sometimes offered as…
Verdite
Commercial name for a green stone, primarily an impure fuchsite, originally from North Cape River, South Africa. Consists mainly of fuchsite, with small amounts of…
Pet Rock™
Commercial name for a collectible invented in 1975 by advertising executive Gary Dahl. The original Pet Rocks™ were smooth stones from Rosarito Beach, Mexico. They…
Que Sera Stone™
Registered commercial trader name for a volcanic rock (rhyolite) that includes blue quartz and pink feldspar. Esoteric crystal author Melody first described the rock in…
Patchwork jasper
Commercial name for yet another “new” stone from Madagascar, sold by various names: Fairy Dream, morondavite and patchwork jasper. It is a breccia-like rock described…
Llanite / Llanoite
Local name for a volcanic rock (rhyolite) that includes blue quartz and feldspar crystals. Named after the locality, the Llanite Rhyolite site in Llano County,…
Strawberry quartz
Commercial name for red- to pink-colored quartz with hematite inclusions or man-made glass. Originally, this name was used in the 19th century for quartz with…
Afghanistan/Afghan jade
Misleading commercial name for the mineral bowenite, a variety of antigorite, a mineral from the serpentine group. So it is not jade, but is sold…
