Lizard Stone Jasper
Commercial name for a solid green mineral, probably a mineral from the serpentine group (possibly lizardite?) and therefore not jasper! So named because of its…
Tag: serpentine
Jungle jasper/serpentine
Commercial name for a green with brown serpentine containing rock, primarily offered from Pakistan. Contains bright green lines and spots in a light brown matrix…
Infinite™ / Infinity Stone
Registered trade name for a light green variety of an African serpentine with white chrysotile bands. Chrysotile is a mineral from the asbestos group and…
Healerite™
Registered trademark for a lime-green serpentine from the United States. Registered for Australia since Oct. 25, 2013, by Robert Simmons and Kathy Warner (Heaven &…
Chrysotile in serpentine
Correct designation for bands of white-gray to light green chrysotile in a dark green serpentine rock. Chrysotile is a fibrous mineral from the asbestos group…
Chinese jade
Misleading commercial name for a pale yellow-green serpentinite that looks like jade, but is not real jade. Calling it that way does make it easier…
Bowenite jade
Misleading commercial name for the mineral bowenite, a translucent, fine-grained variety of serpentine antigorite, resembling nephrite. Also marketed under the misleading names new jade, serpentine…
Bastite
The name bastite is primarily used in the trade for a fuchsite-containing chert from Western Australia, also known by the trade names Dragon Stone or…
Atlantisite™
Unregistered commercial name for a serpentinite rock composed of green minerals from the serpentine group and purple stichtite. This trademark was registered by Crystal Universe…
