Tanzurine™ (Cherry and Emerald)
Commercially registered trademark for quartz(ite) with inclusions from Tanzania, in red (Cherry Tanzurine™) and green (Emerald Tanzurine™). This “new find” was first offered at the…
Tag: aventurine
Red / pink / peach aventurine
Commercial name for a red or pink quartz variety with shimmering inclusions of a mica variety (such as lepidolite) or hematite. No analysis is known.…
Orange aventurine
Designation for a quartz variety with shimmering inclusions of a mica variety or hematite. No analysis is known. See aventurine. Do you have a nice…
India Jade
Misleading commercial name for green aventurine (a quartz variety with fuchsite inclusions) from India. No relation to jade except the similarity in color. Under the…
Greenlandite
A synonym mainly used today for precious gem-quality aventurine from Greenland. But greenlandite is also an obsolete name for almandine garnet from Greenland, introduced by…
Green aventurine
Name for a quartz variety with inclusions of the green mica variety fuchsite. Light to medium green is the most common color of aventurine. Since…
Blue aventurine
Commercial name for blue quartz or quartzite-like material with shimmering inclusions of mica, ilmenite or hematite. Most blue aventurine offered comes from India and is…
Aventurine
Aventurine is officially a quartz variety with inclusions of a mica variety or hematite, but it has become a general commercial term or name used…
Live session #3 Quartz
Recorded live session in which I discuss and show examples of 10 different varieties of the mineral quartz! Featured are: rock crystal, smoky quartz, citrine,…
