Pink Banded Onyx
Science & Origin of Pink Banded OnyxPink Banded Onyx is a newly discovered calcite-onyx mineral that forms in mass formations. The stone has unique banding patterns that range in colors of brown and white to red and pink. It is best displayed after a polish has been applied to it, making this a great stone for any craftsman to shape into spheres, towers, palmstones, hearts, tumbled and more. The only known locality of this mineral is located in Afghanistan and is very challenging to sourc...
Green Dolomite
Science & Origin of Green DolomiteGreen Dolomite is a variety of @Dolomite@ that crystallizes in octahedral, bladed, and massive formations. Specifically, when the octaherons are sliced, there is a spherical banded pattern within that displays the layers of creation. The color is from copper inclusions and can be light green, dark green, and yellow green. Most pieces on the market can be found from existing Dolomite veins in Turkey and Namibia. Meaning & Energy Green Dolomite invigor...
Fruit Jasper
Science & Origin of Fruit JasperFruit Jasper, also known as Sabalgarh Marble, Ajooba Jasper, and Azubilite, is a type of Jasper conglomerate that crystallizes in massive formations. This stone has a unique appearance of a beige, tan, and brown chalcedony matrix with aggregates and nodules of different colored jaspers such as red, green, yellow, orange, and brown. The name comes from the resemblance to that of a fruitcake, with the original name of Sabalgarh Marble coming from the sourced ...
Jaspillite
Science & Origin of Jaspillite Jaspillite, also known as Itabirite and Jasper Taconite, is a mineral composed of banded iron formations such as @Hematite@, @Magnetite@, @Quartz@, and @Red Jasper@. The crystallization took place during Earth’s formation 4 billion years ago, and can be found in igneous and metamorphic rocks as young as 500 millions years old. The color can depend on impurities within specific deposits of this mineral, with most having a red and metallic banding pattern as w...
Red Picasso Jasper
Science & Origin of Red Picasso JasperRed Picasso Jasper, also known as Red Creek Jasper, Cherry Creek Jasper, and Picasso Jasper, or Picasso Stone, is a variety of Red Jasper that crystallizes in massive formations. The stone has Red Jasper with brecciated inclusions of @Quartz@, Chalcedony, and @Dolomite@, and ranges in a variety of colors such as yellow, green, orange, red, blue, and brown. The original deposit is believed to come from China, in the Cherry Creek mine, near Red Riv...
Chlorite Quartz
Science & Origin of Chlorite QuartzChlorite Quartz is a @Quartz@ variety with impurities of Chlorite that can form in prismatic crystals, druzy clusters, slender elongated shards, and massive formations. The color can range from dark to light green, as well as dark red or brown. Chlorite is prevalent in Garden Quartz as well as Quartz crystals from Switzerland, Colombia, Madagascar, India, Brazil, Italy, and the U.S.A.Meaning & EnergyChlorite Quartz's unique energies not only cre...
Ocean Picture Stone
Science & Origin of Ocean Picture StoneOcean Picture Stone is a unique mineral that crystallizes in massive formations. This stone is comprised of @Blue Chalcedony@, Silicated Serpentine, @Limonite@, and Agate. Its blue color is due to a natural mix of sodium and copper salts dissolved in silica. The color pattern, especially when polished, shows similarities to an ocean and shoreline, where the name originated. Ocean Picture Stone has been dug for many years, with a private claim an...
Flower Stone
Science & Origin of Flower StoneFlower Stone is the name given to a variety of gabbro porphyry stone with feldspar crystals in basalt that crystallize in massive formation. This stone is nearly identical to @Chrysanthemum Stone@, and is known locally as the Canadian variety of this stone, as it is only found on Vancouver Island and Texada Island, British Columbia, Canada. The color is white and light green with starburst formation of feldspar crystals, on a black basalt matrix. Usually, t...
Hackmanite With Ijolite
Science & Origin of Hackmanite with IjoliteHackmanite with Ijolite is a combination stone that crystallizes in massive formations. @Hackmanite@, a member of the @Sodalite@ family, is UV reactive and contains the igneous rock Ijolite. This mineral is composed of Nepheline and Augite, with minor impurities of @Garnet@, Calcite, Titanite, Apatite, @Cancrinite@, and Perovskite. The color is gray with black spots of Ijolite throughout and blue gemmy impurities of Hackmanite. Deposits of this s...
Garnet in Staurolite
Science & Origin of Garnet in StauroliteGarnet in Staurolite in matrix is a combination mineral that crystallizes in massive formations. The pieces are unique and contain small and large red @Garnet@ hexagonal and circle inclusions with elongated rod like impurities of brown @Staurolite@. This occurs on a Mica schist and can also contain small impurities of Blue Kyanite. The mineral has only been found near the Kinbasket Lake in British Columbia, Canada, located north of the small town of...
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Dallasite
Science & Origin of DallasiteDallasite is a variety of Jasper breccia that crystallizes in massive formations. Multiple stones are included in the chemical composition of Dallsite, such as @Quartz@, @Epidote@, Basalt, Calcite, Pumpelleyite, and Chlorite. The color is black, white, and grey with green spotted and brecciated inclusions. Dallasite is found exclusively on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and is named after Dallas Road on the Trans Canadian Highway. The deposit can ...
Mugglestone
Science & Origin of MugglestoneMugglestone is a variety of Tiger Iron, a stone that contains @Tiger Eye@, @Red Jasper@, and @Hematite@. This combination crystallizes in massive formation with a banded pattern that distinguishes each stone’s individual creation layer. The name comes from a deposit of Tiger Iron that was found in the U.K. in the 11th century near the town of Mucklestone, where the name is believed to have originated from. As of recently, Mugglestone has been designated for ...
Black Banded Onyx
Science & Origin of Black Banded OnyxBlack Banded Onyx is a variety of Chalcedony that crystallizes in massive formations. The color is usually black with white, brown, and grey striations; or the inverse, the matrix is white or grey with black and brown banding patterns throughout the stone. The most abundant locality of this stone is found throughout the country of India, although a new deposit was recently found in Afghanistan. This deposit also contains the very popular @Pink Banded ...
Wood Jasper
Science & Origin of Wood JasperWood Jasper, also known as Walnut Jasper, is a variety of Brown Jasper that crystallizes in massive formations. The color is yellow, tan or light brown, and it can have straight lined or banded patterns throughout the stone. Wood Jasper often gets misidentified as @Picture Jasper@, with the main difference being the spotted pattern throughout the matrix and dendrite-looking inclusions. The main locality of Wood Jasper comes from India, but smaller deposits c...
Petrified Ironwood
Science & Origin of Petrified IronwoodPetrified Ironwood is a variety of fossilized wood from ancient trees and can be found in both small and large pieces. The ancient tree can range from a few million years old, to around 250 million years old and may even be found with bark on it. The color is usually a light being but can also be seen as dark brown. Unlike @Petrified Wood@, Ironwood is usually left raw and unpolished, but may be cut to allow the piece to stand freely. Ironwoods are po...