Oceanite
Another marketing name for blue-colored (aqua) banded calcite from Argentina. Also called Aquatine (Calcite)™, Blue Onyx or Lemurian Aquatine Calcite™.
Tag: aquatine calcite
Caribbean calcite
Commercial name for light blue aragonite-calcite from Pakistan/Afghanistan, regularly misrepresented or confused with hemimorphite, see below. Sometimes also called blue aragonite or aquatine (calcite), but…
Blue onyx
Misleading synonym for blue-colored (aqua) banded calcite from Argentina. This stone has nothing to do with real onyx (a black and white agate). The name…
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…
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…
