Red Healer
Commercial name given to quartz with red inclusions of hematite. Golden Healer already existed for quartz with yellow limonite and for some time now Red…
Tag: hematite quartz
Pink Fire Azeztulite™
Unregistered commercial name for quartz colored by streaks of dark, brownish-red hematite. Based on photographs of the material and pieces studied, this is the common…
Mary Magdalene quartz
Commercial name used for various forms of quartz with inclusions. Mainly for quartz with red hematite inclusions, sometimes making the quartz entirely pink to red…
Hematite or hematoid quartz
Designation for quartz with inclusions of iron or hematite giving it a reddish-pink appearance. Also called ferruginous quartz in English. Nowadays this accurate name is…
Harlequin quartz
Commercial name for quartz with red-reddish-brown flaky inclusions of hematite. The red inclusions in many quartz crystals, often referred to by sellers as lepidocrocite, are…
Eisenkiesel
A German term for a variety of quartz colored red, orange or brown by hematite inclusions. Translucent to nearly opaque. The term “Eisenkiesel” is sometimes…
Agnitite™
Unregistered commercial name for clear to milky white quartz with red to reddish-brown inclusions of hematite, mainly from Madagascar. The word “Agni” means fire in…
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…
