Heinekenite
Commercial (and comical) name for green glass. The name heinekenite occasionally pops up in collecting circles and online forums as a playful designation for green…
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Analysis: Siberian blue quartz
Siberian blue quartz turns out to be ordinary glass! In July 2021, I had a piece of “Siberian blue quartz” analyzed in a laboratory to…
White jade
Tremolite jade with a low level of impurities is called white jade, it is usually cloudy white or not completely even white. White jade is…
Smelt / melting quartz
Misleading commercial name for colored glass, with possible infusion of colored mineral dust. Sometimes sellers indicate with glass that it is fused quartz in order…
Siberian blue quartz / Siberian Blue
Misleading commercial name for, in most cases, man-made, blue colored glass. This material has been on the market for years, but has recently become more…
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…
Green obsidian
Commercial name for man-made glass said to be made with or colored by volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens or another volcano. Man-made “volcanic” glass…
Goldstone
Century-old trade name for a man-made glitter-containing glass, sometimes sold as a natural “gemstone. Original goldstone consists of tiny copper crystals dispersed in the glass.…
Gaia Stone
Commercial name for man-made glass said to be made with or colored by volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens. Known primarily as Helenite, but also…
Blueberry Quartz
This commercial name is used for different materials. Mostly for man-made blue-colored glass, but sometimes for synthetically manufactured blue quartz. See also blue quartz and…
