Apache tear
Local name for spherical obsidian, usually embedded in gray perlite, mainly from Arizona, United States. The spheres of black-gray translucent obsidian occur as cores in…
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Aphrodite stone
Commercial fantasy name for cobalt-bearing calcite (also called cobalto-calcite), named after the Greek goddess Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty, sexuality and fertility, among other…
Arabic Stone
Commercial name for a yellowish-brown to brownish-red sedimentary rock from the Indian Himalayas with light brown lines and arches. So named because of its resemblance…
Aqualite™
Commercial name for blue apatite in quartz. Several registrations have been found for the brand name Aqualite, but none involve a mineral or gemstone. Do…
Arcanite
Official mineral name for a form of potassium sulfate (K2SO4). In 1845, Wilhelm Carl von Haidinger gave the mineral this name derived from the Latin…
Aquaprase
Commercial name for ocean blue-green-colored chalcedony. The name in reference to an aqua blue chrysporase, also a chalcedony variety. Could also, according to a discussion…
Arctic Green
Commercial name (especially in the natural stone trade) for a metamorphic rock from Norway, a fuchsite schist or gneiss. The rock contains at least the…
Aquatine (calcite)™
Unregistered commercial name for blue-colored (aqua) banded calcite from Argentina. Also called blue onyx, Lemurian Aquatine Calcite™ or oceanite. Incidentally, this is one of those…
Eagle Eye
Commercial name used for several stones referred to as Eagle Eye or Eagle’s Eye. The name is used primarily for a cut stone that most…
Artichoke quartz
Name for a specific growth form of quartz called split growth. In a typical artichoke quartz, the crystals grow “split” in a manner similar to…
