Azurite Blueberries is a collector nickname for rounded blue azurite nodules and crystal aggregates. The Russian examples photographed for our November 2023 collection have been cut to expose their interiors, including dark sparkling pockets and radiating or segmented patterns.

Sagenite Rutile highlights fine rutile needles arranged in a striking network. The coppery, crossing inclusions in our collection photograph make the lattice pattern the focus of the piece.

Aksumbe Turquoise is the locality name supplied for these Kazakhstan cabochons. This collection highlights turquoise from a less familiar source rather than treating all turquoise localities as interchangeable.

These Russian Azurite pieces are recorded by Soul Body Gems as old stock from the Poteryaevskoe Mine, also known as the Rubtsovsk Mine, in Altai Krai, Russia. Their deep blue color and intricate internal patterns are central to their appeal.

Amethyst Phantom celebrates Brazilian amethyst with visible outlines of earlier crystal growth inside the present crystal. These internal forms give the impression of a smaller crystal held within a larger one.

Astrophyllite is admired for bronze to golden-brown blades that can form radiating patterns. The polished towers in our April 2024 collection provide the opening image for this guide.

Opal from Andamooka, South Australia, and the treatment used on some matrix material.

Amazonite with smoky quartz, shown in polished spheres.

Spanish Green Aragonite from our July 2024 collection.

Material sold as seraphinite that instead tested as a coarse-grained calc-silicate metamorphic rock.

Aquamarine with Biotite stretch bracelets from our September 2024 collection.

Alexandrite gems labeled as genuine Brazilian material in our September 2024 collection.

Iridescent fossil-shell gem material in Soul Body Gems’ September 2025 rings; these pictured pieces have not been individually tested.

Original sales name for beads tested as quartz, variety amethyst. The material is not jade.

Purple and white beads originally sold as Amethyst Jade, identified as quartz, variety amethyst.

An aluminum silicate with directional color, metamorphic origins and a close mineral relationship to kyanite and sillimanite.

Natural two-colour quartz from Bolivia: Anahí geology, purple and golden zoning, faceting, identification and care.

Australian opal with its natural ironstone host, exploring Queensland geology, changing colour, cutting and care.

Blue-green Peruvian opal, admired for its color and carved designs.

Axinite from Pakistan, with a magnesium-rich identity revealed by our testing.

Blue-green crystals from Pakistan, with colors linked to iron and copper.

Market label for a gray specimen tested as beryl; the report does not establish the blue aquamarine variety.

A flashy feldspar ring marketed as moonstone; the tested material was albite-peristerite, not moonstone or labradorite.

Blue needle-like shattuckite with reported calcite and dioptase association from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. No Soul Body Gems laboratory report.

A green amphibole associated in our notes with Russia.

A Nigerian blue material sold under the turquoise name. Testing of two color variants found different quartz-associated compositions, not turquoise.

An albite peristerite specimen from Russia, also marketed as Belomerite or moonstone.

Amazonite from Russia.

Fossilized resin prized for its warmth, color, and natural inclusions. Explore the Lemon Baltic Amber variation within the Amber page, along with our dark Baltic amber test results. The lemon variation itself has not been tested.

The Shaangan locality in Zimbabwe, with two reports for different amethyst pieces and their distinctive inclusions.

Natural Brazilian amethyst with fingerprint-like healed fractures outlined by fluid inclusion trains.

A trade name for the tested white and colored quartz/chalcedony pieces; the report also documents chrysocolla in blue areas and some resin in voids.

A high-silica glass; the tested result does not establish a volcanic or impact origin.

An aquamarine disk with schiller and healed fluid inclusions; further Brazilian reports can be added.

Sold as African Turquoise; testing found chlorite-group clay, albite, garnet, and quartz, with no turquoise.

Mexican material combining purple amethyst with a white opal portion.

Also Night Shade Sunstone: likely albite, astrophyllite and nepheline; larvikite not identified.

Material sold as aquamarine from China. Explore its beryl identity and the treatment found in our tested piece.

Aquamarine with tiny mineral inclusions that create an unusual inner world.

Tanzanian albite-peristerite with hematite inclusions; the tested beads contain no beryl or aquamarine.

African amethyst with exposed hollow tubes containing rare-earth oxide polishing residue.

The tested bracelet was identified as labradorite plagioclase.

An 8.50-carat aquamarine with hollow and mineral-filled tubes, albite and likely iron-oxide coatings.

Brazilian material with green potassium feldspar, quartz, biotite and accessory zircon.

Banded Polish material identified as limestone/calcite, not schalenblende; possible aragonite remains unconfirmed.

A natural combination of stilbite and apophyllite, with other minerals nestled alongside them.

Raw specimen and pendant testing, presented together with both original reports.

The blue/colorless beads are mainly quartz with minor calcite and a copper-bearing carbonate, likely azurite. The blue areas lack the elements characteristic of ajoite. A separately checked green bead was identified as amazonite, a green potassium feldspar.

A garnet variety found in impressive solid pieces, including the sphere we tested.

Color-changing chrysoberyl from Zimbabwe, sharing the Chrysoberyl (Zimbabwe) report.

Unicorn Agate carvings from the October 2025 Soul Body Gems collection. More material details to come.

Australian prehnite cabochons, including our Bio Prehnite collection.

A dark amphibole mineral, shown in our beaded bracelet collection.

Iridescent mother-of-pearl made by marine mollusks, with an introduction to its natural layered structure.

Blue aragonite combines soft blue-green color with the radiating fibers, bands and curved growth patterns of a carbonate mineral. This guide focuses on material circulating through the Middle Eastern and neighboring Southwest Asian mineral trade, including documented blue aragonite from Afghanistan. The collection photograph shows polished shapes.

Blue Apatite is the general collection guide for the blue apatite shown in this January photograph. It is separate from our other blue apatite locality guides and composite-material pages.

Black tourmaline from Namibia’s Erongo region is admired for its glossy surfaces, striated prisms and sharply formed terminations. Our January 2024 collection features small specimens supplied from this celebrated mineral district.

Black Sunstone (India) is a trade label used for the same material featured in our Black Aventurine guide. The April 2024 photograph is shared between these entries; the word sunstone here is a market name rather than an established feldspar identification.

Black Aventurine is the collection name for this dark, reflective material in our April 2024 photograph. It is also sold under the trade name Black Sunstone (India); both entries share the same material information and image.

Blue calcite is enjoyed for its soft blue appearance and gentle visual texture. Our April 2024 collection photograph shows old-stock spheres; old stock describes their collection history, not a measured geological age.

Blue Tiger Eye, also known as hawk’s eye, is valued for a silky band of reflected light against a blue to blue-gray background. Our April 2024 photograph records material offered under this familiar lapidary name.

Blueberry Fluorite from our July 2024 collection.

Green-and-purple trade material tested as muscovite with fluorite; collection history and spiritual associations.

Blue apatite faceted gems from the October 2024 Soul Body Gems collection. Also indexed as Paraiba Blue Apatite.

The blue decorative slag known by the trade name Sieber Agate.

Variscite (Persia), also catalogued as Black Bridge Variscite.

Supplied as barite with marcasite from Lubin; the metallic phase in these pieces has not been verified.

A September collection trade name for Chilean blue material; these rings have not been tested individually.

Madagascar material tested as apatite and calcite naturally cemented by quartz/chalcedony. Also Orange Calcite & Blue Apatite.

Natural zircon in blue: light behavior, common heat treatment, the distinction from cubic zirconia and care for faceted beads.

Blue-green polished palms from Russia, with a soft mineral structure and traditions of clarity and balance.

Gray Indian specimen whose chemical, density, and optical measurements were consistent with beryl.

Marketed as a natural Indonesian material; our preliminary report pointed to a manufactured substance, and the vendor later confirmed it was not naturally formed.

Blue rock salt from Iğdır Province, Turkey. Color-center science and symbolic associations; no SBG specimen report.

Blue-green apatite palms from the Lake Baikal collection, with Slyudyanka regional geology, apatite chemistry and handling advice.

The Russian Belomerite/Belomorite market name examined as albite with schiller.

A Brazilian black tower sold as tourmaline tested as obsidian instead.

A sphere with deep blue apatite in a green to light brown chert matrix.

A Namibian agate specimen tested as essentially quartz, with no change during the report's solvent check.

A lilac-blue variety of rose quartz was examined to investigate the color and microscopic inclusions.

The tested Turkish material is mostly dolomite with scheelite present at well below 1%.

The same tested pair of Brazilian variscite spheres, with five original report pages.

Tested sphere mainly composed of kyanite; also listed as Kyanite (Blue).

Dark-colored quartz sphere with fluid inclusions; the cause of color was not established.

A marketed blue thumb stone proved to be man-made glassy material, not natural obsidian.

Blue beads sold as smithsonite tested as dyed, resin-bearing quartz.

Hydrothermal quartz-and-barite vein with minor galena and malachite/azurite.

Chinese barite, with its mineral identity confirmed through our testing.

An unusual blue and green variety of dickite from Turkey.

Testing identified quartz with hematite inclusions in discontinuous planar arrangements. Small amounts of iron were also detected in quartz away from the hematite.

Dark kyanite whose black-to-gray appearance comes from carbon.

Two separate reports identify tourmaline inclusions in quartz beads: blue, elbaite-dominant fibers in sample 1102 and darker schorl–elbaite needles in sample 1534.

The blue material was identified as chrysocolla, a copper silicate, rather than opal. Patches of iron oxide, such as goethite or hematite, were also found. The chrysocolla in this specimen is nearly amorphous.

Cut carbonados confirmed as diamond by Raman spectroscopy, with supporting density and hardness measurements.

Madagascan potassium feldspar, interpreted as a less ordered feldspar such as orthoclase; tested sphere.

Polished ammonite fossils with dark-and-pale patterns; locality and species not documented.

Fine-banded chalcedony named for its Botswana provenance, illustrated by our August 2025 collection piece.

Blue tourmaline in quartz from our special specimen collection, with photographs and color-zoning context.

Collawood, also written Colla Wood, is a trade name for Turkish fossil wood enriched with colorful copper minerals. The November 2023 collection photo shows a polished cross-section that brings the preserved wood structure and blue-green mineralization into view.

Copper Dolomite is the supplied collection name for these polished palms from Namibia. The guide focuses on geology and that provenance and keeps it distinct from other dolomite materials.

Campitos Turquoise is associated with Sonora in northern Mexico. Our January photograph shows this named turquoise collection set in sterling silver rings.

Celestine, also widely called celestite, is a strontium sulfate mineral appreciated for its delicate crystals. Pale blue examples are familiar to collectors, although the mineral also occurs in other colors.

Alternate name for Mangano Calcite (Africa), with the same sample 10505 report and collection photographs.

Chrysoprase is a green chalcedony prized for its fresh color and polished glow. This page records the Kazakhstani material in our April 2024 collection and keeps its supplied origin separate from our other chrysoprase guides.

Carnelian is loved for its orange, red, and reddish-brown colors and its soft, glowing translucency. The May 2024 photograph features carnelian set in sterling silver rings.

See Skull Carvings for the shared material guide and collection photographs.

A profile of the blue-green chrysocolla and green malachite combination found in Congolese copper deposits.

An uncommon humite-group gem pictured in a mixed September 2025 facet collection; individual stones have not been laboratory verified.

Warm brown Ethiopian opal: bodycolor, play-of-color, deposits, research and care.

Nickel-colored quartz/chalcedony, considered likely to contain some garnierite in the report.

The green pyroxene mineral, including our Chrome Diopside set in resin and a separate Russian specimen report.

Brazilian muscovite/quartz schist with azurite and/or malachite, chrysocolla, and gypsum or anhydrite. Original laboratory report included.

Deep orange rutile needles enclosed in quartz. The researcher attributes the intense color mainly to a small iron content, with lesser manganese and chromium, and notes that the comparatively thick needles enhance the color.

Two tested sapphires were confirmed as corundum with chromium and vanadium; heat status was not certified.

The cross-patterned variety of andalusite.

A brown material sold as “Chocolate Opal” or “Brown Opal” was tested to see what the specimen actually contains.

Genuine flower-patterned ornamental stone palms from September 2025; exact mineral phases have not been laboratory determined.

A specimen sold as genuine Chrysanthemum Stone was tested. Its flower pattern was not naturally formed in the tested piece.

A separate Peruvian chrysocolla-rich specimen with quartz, feldspars, and iron-rich fragments.

A Peruvian specimen sold at gem markets as turquoise was tested and found to contain chrysocolla-rich domains.

A Peruvian quartz-rich breccia sphere with chrysocolla-filled cavities and minor malachite.

A 23.8 mm asteriated citrine sphere with rutile inclusions and a twelve-rayed star.

What forms the visible phantom layers in this Brazilian citrine specimen? The laboratory examined the inclusions along its crystal growth planes.

A heart-shaped Brazilian material marketed as Cosmic Cheetah Jasper, part of a find introduced to us in 2020.

Queen conch shell: Caribbean natural history, conservation, and symbolic associations. No specimen report.

Australian silica-rich specimen with chromite and allophane described in the report.

Market name for a silica-rich Mexican ring specimen; the report did not confirm opal.

The scenic Chinese sphere tested as silty limestone with calcite, quartz and manganese-oxide streaks.

A purple sphere confirmed as mainly charoite with several accessory minerals.

Neither tested heart was calcite: the larger contains cobalt-bearing dolomite; the smaller cobalt-bearing magnesite.

Correct for the larger tested heart. The smaller heart differs and is cobalt-bearing magnesite.

Market name for a tested 2023 Congo-sourced find; analysis showed malachite with quartz, no chromium or chalcedony.

Tonglushan Mine calcite with a powdery hematite coating and later calcite growth.

Alternate name for Tonglushan Mine calcite coated with hematite.

Oregon silica opal, optically isotropic, with faint yellow-orange UV fluorescence.

Quartz with gray clay-mineral inclusions, likely montmorillonite and chlorite group material.

A Chinese-sourced color-change ring whose stone tested as natural fluorite.

Sold as African Turquoise; testing found chlorite-group clay, albite, garnet, and quartz, with no turquoise.

Material supplied as chrysocolla shattuckite; testing found typical chrysocolla composition with a small amount of quartz.

Upper Peninsula copper in altered basalt, with traces of silver, selenium, and cobalt.

Moonstone from Sri Lanka. Discover the feldspar behind its distinctive glow.

Sri Lankan moonstone with an intriguing optical appearance.

A trade name for Tanzanian material containing iolite and quartz. Our tested piece contained no identified sunstone.

Sold as citrine, but our tested piece was quartz with an iron coating.

Indonesian agate whose appearance changes when wet, revealing its porous structure.

Golden quartz admired as a faceted gem. Explore what our testing can tell us.

Diopside with dolomite fracture filling; chromium present and iron the main reported color contributor.

Blue and green copper silicates with iron oxides; poor crystallinity prevented a conclusive species identification.

Corundum with iron as its main coloring agent and an orientation-dependent sheen.

Material sold as thulite; testing identified calcite, forsterite, diopside and dolomite, with no thulite identified.

Quartz with tourmaline, chlorite, phlogopite–biotite mica and surface calcite; carbon was not identified as the inclusions.

Color-changing garnet dominated by spessartine, with vanadium identified as the key color-change element.

A white opal variety with a fascinating structure between glass-like and crystalline.

Madagascar sphere: cordierite with blue-green spinel, likely sapphirine and minor titanium oxide; blue apatite was not identified.

The blue material was identified as chrysocolla, a copper silicate, rather than opal. Patches of iron oxide, such as goethite or hematite, were also found. The chrysocolla in this specimen is nearly amorphous.

The blue material was identified as chrysocolla, a copper silicate, rather than opal. Patches of iron oxide, such as goethite or hematite, were also found. The chrysocolla in this specimen is nearly amorphous.

A copper-rich mineral from Peru, found alongside other copper minerals and quartz.

Quartz with pink reflective inclusions from the October 2025 collection; Brazilian origin is supplied provenance.

Cut carbonados confirmed as diamond by Raman spectroscopy, with supporting density and hardness measurements.

Zimbabwe chrysoberyl showing a pronounced color change in the tested raw material.

Canadian eudialyte-bearing material, exploring alkaline-rock geology and the limits of locality identification.

Faceted spinel and the effect of different lighting on its color.

Dreamcoat Lemurian is a trade name for colorful quartz with visible zoning, inclusions or later growth over an earlier quartz core. The November 2023 collection photograph highlights a polished point with purple, orange-red and clearer regions.

Dioptase is prized for vivid emerald-green to blue-green crystals and strong glassy luster. Our November 2023 photo shows small raw African specimens on matrix. The regional label Africa is retained; no individual mine is assigned from appearance alone.

Dendrites are branching mineral patterns that can resemble ferns, moss or tiny trees. Our Dendritic Golden Healer photograph illustrates how these delicate dark branches contrast with a golden, translucent host.

This guide covers green diopside supplied from Pakistan. It remains separate from our Russian chrome diopside and other locality-specific collections.

Carved crystal daggers are explored here as symbolic objects used in contemporary spiritual practice. The obsidian carvings in our collection illustrate the shape’s meaning without any association with violence.

Deerfawn Jasper is the collection name for this patterned ornamental material from India. Our May 2024 photograph shows it in adjustable sterling silver rings, where each stone brings its own arrangement of colors and markings.

Dragon carvings in jade and other stones, with a focus on Chinese cultural history.

Banded dolomite marble with minor potassium feldspar; locality unconfirmed.

Variscite (Persia), also catalogued as Desert Oasis Variscite.

A separate untested material profile from our Blue Dickite page.

Quartz in both colors, with blue inclusions consistent with dumortierite and pink-to-lavender beads appearing like rose quartz.

A second name for the same tested Chinese Painting Stone sphere.

An unusually dark Mexican variety, tested as devitrified obsidian with spherulitic texture.

Dark-red amber with density and trace elements supporting a very likely Baltic origin.

Brazilian quartz beads with likely dumortierite, muscovite and organic resin in filled areas.

Two reports documenting man-made glass sold as diaspore or Zultanite.

Genuine color-change diaspore: mineral identity, the Turkish story, light and care.

Blue and green dickite from Turkey, an unusual variation of this clay mineral.

The prismatic bracelet crystals are dravite tourmaline with a small uvite component. The round beads were identified as obsidian.

Shimmering Brazilian aquamarine. Our testing found beryl rather than moonstone.

The underlying mineral is genuine kyanite, but this specimen is heavily coated with blue paint. The report identified organic paint or dye and documented the coating dissolving after contact with an acetone-soaked towel. Natural mineral identity does not establish that its visible color is untreated. Dyes and surface coatings are used on a range of minerals and crystals to intensify or alter their color, and these treatments should be disclosed. This report documents a painted specimen; it does not imply that all kyanite is treated. The laboratory solvent procedure is reproduced as evidence, not as a recommendation to test jewelry or specimens at home.

Bright green epidote gives these Turkish quartz specimens their distinctive contrast and sparkling texture. Our collection locality is supplied as Şemdinli, Hakkâri Province, Turkey.

This guide covers the emerald spheres supplied from Brazil in our January collection. They are distinct from material sold as Emerald Mica or Emerald (Zimbabwe), whose shared report did not identify emerald.

Elite Shungite, also called noble shungite in the trade, is a name used for lustrous, carbon-rich material. This collection photograph shows polished pieces set in sterling silver pendants.

Emerald from Malipo County, Yunnan, China, with the GIA research on this deposit.

Ethiopian opal in cabochons and gems from our July 2024 collection.

Pink and dark patterned Russian palm stones, exploring eudialyte-group minerals, alkaline-rock geology and their scientific interest.

Luminous green fluorite from Peru, with collection history and mineral companions.

Sold as epidote in quartz, but our tested piece revealed glauconite and iron minerals instead.

A descriptive comparison for the Australian ring material; laboratory analysis identified lepidolite and albite. Original Euphoralite comparison report to be added.

A green variety of beryl. Identification and any clarity enhancement deserve careful disclosure.

A Russian ornamental stone name.

An Indian Ganesha carving containing quartz and a mineral in the epidote–zoisite–clinozoisite range.

A separate Peruvian specimen with clinozoisite-rich crystal clusters on quartz.

One directory for our individual reports on materials sold under the Euphoralite trade name.

An epidote-group material from Morocco with an interesting mineral mixture.

Tested resin-treated beryl with green phlogopite–biotite mica inclusions; also Zambian Emerald Shimmer.

Green amber from Ethiopia; the report does not establish an age.

Sold as emerald, but the tested green material is not beryl and therefore is not emerald.

Sold as emerald, but the tested green material is not beryl and therefore is not emerald.

Ethiopian specimen opal kept permanently submerged, with a focus on play-of-color, drying sensitivity and collection care.

Swedish collection material and the mineral context of this locality.

This yellow and blue-zoned fluorite is recorded in our collection as material from Valzergues, Aveyron, Occitanie, France. The contrast between its colored growth zones gives each specimen a distinctive visual rhythm.

Fairy Matrix Opal is a trade name that evokes small flashes of opal color scattered through a surrounding rock. The May 2024 collection labels this piece as coming from Queensland, Australia.

Also indexed under Fluorite (Pyrite).

Calcium fluoride: a general material profile and our polished bangle collection.

Layered automotive paint transformed into jewelry: industrial origins, colorful patterns and provenance.

Also called Inner Mongolia Purple Fluorite. Testing confirms fluorite with calcite and a zeolite; the analyst favors natural formation while retaining some doubt.

Quartz with fascinating inclusions that can glow under ultraviolet light.

Potassium feldspar, which the researcher notes could be described as orthoclase, associated with dark elbaite tourmaline containing a small liddicoatite component.

The confirmed composition of a sphere marketed as sphalerite: a hydrothermal-looking quartz and fluorite composite.

Tested fluorite and calcite association; Soul Body Gems observes the calcite responding to UV light.

Second directory name for the same tested natural fluorite ring.

Chinese white/colorless fluorite that the researcher considers apparently untreated.

Chinese fluorite with intriguing internal reflections. Our tested piece contained no identified mica.

A Russian combination of fluorite and bertrandite, also sold as Russian Tiffany.

Golden Pinolite is the collection name for this Canadian material, admired for its contrasting mineral patterns. The locality name distinguishes it from other pinolite offerings without treating it as a separate mineral species.

Golden Selenite, also called Swallowtail Selenite, from Salinas de Otuma in Paracas, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru.

Gel Silica from Indonesia, shown in sterling silver pendants.

Polished marine turbo shells, also listed as Jade Turbo; shell material rather than mineral jade.

Australian green nickel-bearing carbonate: occurrence, appearance and care.

August 2025 bracelets pictured. A separate green grossular bracelet was tested; the analyst preferred green grossular over tsavorite for that specimen.

Also sold as Green Gem Lepidolite. The tested heart is muscovite; no evidence of dye was found, and the analyst considers its green color natural.

Trade name for the same tested green muscovite heart. Chromium, iron and vanadium contribute to the natural green color.

Guatemala’s jadeite and omphacite material, its cultural history and our beads and carvings.

Pale blue turquoise with brown matrix from our Kazakhstan collection, with a guide to its trade name, formation, appearance and care.

Quartz with green glauconite and iron minerals, also sold as epidote in quartz.

A sphere sold under this name showed signs of assembly or extensive resin reinforcement.

A pink Gobi stone tested as layered chalcedony; minor iron, likely hematite inclusions, contributes to its color.

Alternate market name for Blue Ice. The same SBG report appears under both names; the specific industrial process was not established.

Two distinct reports document a raw purple lepidolite rim around a muscovite core and a separately tested polished lepidolite.

A compact muscovite variety reported from Russia.

A distinct Indian quartz material with mica inclusions and iron staining along fractures.

A misleading market label for fuchsite-bearing green quartz from Tanzania.

Green Tanzanian quartz with chromium-bearing muscovite (fuchsite).

Brazilian green mica sold as emerald; laboratory result: chromium-bearing muscovite/fuchsite. Compare paragonite.

A green stone sold as kyanite was identified as serpentine in this specimen.

Brazilian raw material tested as quartz-rich, highly silicified rock before polishing.

A tested included quartz with iron oxides, chlorite and a bastnäsite-group mineral.

A green quartz-and-magnesite rock with a complex alteration history.

This green zeolite sold as apophyllite tested chiefly as stilbite-(Ca), with chlorite-associated color.

A Tanzanian-sourced quartz sphere whose dark green areas are likely amphibole, not rutile.

The tested green material is likely amphibole; only tiny titanium-oxide specks were observed.

Two Swedish specimens with quartz and gedrite-series amphibole.

Brazilian teardrop: quartz host with an iron-and-chlorine-bearing green phase.

Alternate name for the same tested green Brazilian quartz teardrop.

Brazilian almandine-dominant garnet associated with quartz, muscovite, and a small monazite-group grain.

Tested Madagascar sample with feldspar, chlorapatite, and enstatite; the September 2025 facets pictured here are separate collection pieces.

Garnet from Namibia in a mixed mineral matrix. Our tested piece contained no identified wollastonite.

Namibian garnet with feldspar and quartz, rather than the wollastonite suggested by its market name.

Gypsum with minor kaolinite; names and varieties explained.

Green amber from Ethiopia; the report does not establish an age.

Green quartz whose inclusions led the analyst to suspect hydrothermal manufacture.

Corundum with iron as its main coloring agent and an orientation-dependent sheen.

One-time Indian find: testing identified opal undergoing incipient crystallization.

Manufactured glass with strontium aluminate; testing documents UV fluorescence and a lasting afterglow.

Pink elbaite tourmaline with lepidolite, confirmed by testing.

Hermanov Spheres, also known as Heřmanov balls, are naturally layered mineral nodules from Heřmanov in the Czech Republic. A dark mica-rich center contrasts with a pale, radiating outer shell.

Glassy common opal that can show vivid green fluorescence; illustrated by our August necklaces and September mixed gem facets.

A dark, shimmering collector favorite, with mineral naming and metaphysical traditions.

Himalayan quartz with an unusual collection of minerals inside.

A specimen offered as hackmanite was identified as sodalite syenite; the report did not confirm hackmanite.

Two distinct pale materials that can be dyed to imitate turquoise.

Red iron-oxide inclusions in a tested quartz specimen; observed features favor hematite without conclusive species identification.

A comparatively clean 7 cm hemimorphite specimen with minor nickel, confirmed by museum testing.

A sodalite-group material with an intriguing mineral identity. Explore our bracelet testing.

Market name for a tested glass imitation with a copper-rich mounting.

A likely mixed sodalite-group composition including haüyne, sodalite and lazurite, with intergrown gonnardite.

A small batch with hematite rosette inclusions; analysis distinguishes them from ilmenite.

A collection name and a naming story shared by McKay; these pictured pieces have no laboratory analysis.

A collection profile for inclusion-bearing amethyst and citrine-colored quartz supplied under this name.

A separate clear-quartz collection profile for inclusions supplied as hollandite.

Isua Stone is a collection name for material supplied from Greenland, associated with a region famous for preserving very ancient rocks. Its appeal connects a tactile polished stone with the deep history of Earth’s crust.

Raw blue tourmaline from the Shabrovskoye deposit in the Middle Urals, Russia.

Irnimite Jasper from Russia, with contrasting blue and earth-toned patterning.

A gem-focused material profile for the warm faceted hearts, distinct from our crystal report.

Brazilian material: quartz in the white areas, biotite in the black areas, and topaz with some kaolinite in the yellow component.

Also called Fluorite coated Quartz (Inner Mongolia). The same report and discussion of the natural-origin controversy appear under both names.

Iolite with small hematite flakes that create a reddish flash.

A Tanzanian mixture of iolite, quartz and clay minerals. Our tested piece contained no identified sunstone.

An alternate name for the tested Chinese white/colorless fluorite.

Iron-stained Turkish quartz, sometimes sold as citrine.

Porous, banded agate whose appearance changes when wet.

Sold as iolite with blue apatite, but our tested piece revealed blue-green spinel instead.

Iolite from Madagascar with blue-green spinel: a surprising combination revealed by testing.

Sold as blue opal, but our tested material was copper-bearing chalcedony.

A purple mineral associated with serpentine. Chromium gives our tested material its color.

Indian iolite with tiny hematite inclusions and associated quartz.

A naturally patterned stone whose striking colors come from iron and manganese.

Sold as opalized wood, but testing revealed quartz with bands of pyrite.

Warm-toned faceted grossular garnet; “Imperial” is a trade descriptor, and this pictured parcel was not lab tested.

Blue to greenish-blue tourmaline with a focus on faceted gems; no report for the pictured stone.

See Guatemalan Jade for the shared material guide and collection photographs.

Polished marine turbo shells, also listed as Green Turbo Seashell; shell material rather than mineral jade.

Russian jadeite.

India-sourced iron-oxide-rich fine-grained quartz tested in a pendant.

Kakortokite is a striking, multi-mineral igneous rock associated with the Ilímaussaq complex in southern Greenland. Its pale, dark and reddish patches reflect different mineral components. It belongs to the nepheline syenite family; Kakortokite is a rock name rather than the name of a single mineral.

Geology, origin, meaning, metaphysical associations and energy traditions.

Our Pakistani kunzite collector pieces combine a soft lilac glow with impressive, elongated crystal forms. Their scale and natural faces make these examples especially compelling as display specimens.

An uncommon gem with directional color and a mineralogical relationship to prismatine, illustrated by our faceted bead jewelry.

Kyanite, corundum and a calcium-rich brittle mica, likely margarite. Direction-dependent hardness measurements supported the kyanite identification.

Three separately tested pieces: purple kämmererite in a shiva carving, sphere, and hexagon, each with a different mineral association.

Raw chromium-bearing chlorite material supplied from Turkey; the pictured pieces have not been individually laboratory tested. Also spelled Kämmererite.

A reported association of fuchsite, kyanite, quartz and staurolite from Karelia.

Violet ornamental rock associated with Kataranskii Cape on the Kola Peninsula.

A dark blue palm stone whose chemistry, optics, cleavage, and density support kyanite.

Tested blue kyanite sphere with lesser muscovite and quartz.

Chinese disk with kyanite, corundum/ruby and chlorite-group material.

Tested orbicular specimen interpreted as silicified volcanic rock, not a stromatolite or fossil.

Pink spodumene with albite and hafnium-rich zircon.

The underlying mineral is genuine kyanite, but this specimen is heavily coated with blue paint. The report identified organic paint or dye and documented the coating dissolving after contact with an acetone-soaked towel. Natural mineral identity does not establish that its visible color is untreated. Dyes and surface coatings are used on a range of minerals and crystals to intensify or alter their color, and these treatments should be disclosed. This report documents a painted specimen; it does not imply that all kyanite is treated. The laboratory solvent procedure is reproduced as evidence, not as a recommendation to test jewelry or specimens at home.

Vendor-offered faceted parcel disclosed as heated. Soul Body Gems declined the offer; no independent test or fixed color-stability period is claimed.

Lemurian quartz is a modern crystal-trade name associated with quartz points bearing noticeable horizontal surface markings. Our May 2024 collection photograph records an old-stock group offered under that name.

Lapis Lazuli stretch bracelets from our September 2024 collection.

Madagascar polished freeforms, rainbow labradorescence, feldspar identity and the role of light and cutting.

Budai’s history and symbolism, explored through garden quartz carvings that bring gemstone beauty and figurative artistry together.

Same tested material and video as Dumortierite & Lavender Rose Quartz.

Deep blue topaz, its trade color name, common color treatment and careful jewelry care.

Natural silica-rich desert glass and the impact evidence preserved within it.

Ten polychrome tourmaline slices, growth zoning, Madagascar mining history, and the distinction between liddicoatite and elbaite.

Quartz with glauconite and iron minerals, also sold under the name epidote in quartz.

Blue tourmalines with high iron and essentially no copper; tested lot did not qualify as Paraíba-type. Copper, Paraiba, cuprian elbaite.

Sold under this market name, the tested quartz had iron-bearing red bands; no lithium mineralization was noted.

An Australian ring specimen tested as deeply colored lepidolite with albite; one report is shared with Euphora-like Stormy.

Purple and white fluorite with 120–300 ppm yttrium and intricate growth boundaries.

A Chinese patterned sphere with silica, aluminum, and potassium; the lab proposes a felsic volcanic ash origin.

Two distinct reports document a raw purple lepidolite rim around a muscovite core and a separately tested polished lepidolite.

A lilac-gray sphere identified as essentially lepidolite; no quartz or albite was detected in the reported examination.

Plagioclase-rich Norwegian rock with amphibole, ilmenite and apatite.

A manganese-rich phosphate distinguished from triplite by density and lithium flame testing.

Often mislabeled red inclusions; the shared tested specimen favors hematite but was not conclusively identified to species.

Alternate market name for the tested Garden Quartz specimen; shares the same report.

A tested lepidolite specimen with spessartine, beryl, quartz and albite.

Two faceted yellow plagioclase stones tested as natural-appearing labradorite, not glass.

Brazilian specimen containing green elbaite tourmaline, lepidolite, muscovite, and albite.

Brazilian macrocrystalline quartz with tiny inclusions and an unusual lavender appearance; tested faceted specimen.

Indian quartz with pyrite and a smaller amount of chalcopyrite, identified in a tested polished egg.

Blue pectolite associated with the Dominican Republic, shown here in sterling silver pendants; these are not the tested Indonesian pink natrolite.

Lemon-lime color, Australian geology and origin, and the metaphysical meaning and energy associated with Lemon Chrysoprase.

Malachite stalactites from the Congo, photographed in our July collection.

A 6.5 cm sphere tested as fluorite, with yttrium and smaller amounts of heavy rare earth elements. Trade name pending.

Purple Mexican opal offered as Morado; this jewelry has not been tested individually.

Faceted pink and peach beryl: color, clarity, cutting, treatments, and care.

A metaphysical profile of paired Moqui Marbles, yin and yang symbolism, and the weekly practice of holding them.

Same tested material as Yellow Muscovite, often incorrectly sold as Yellow Lepidolite.

A tested necklace identified as non-crystalline glass that appears man-made; the report rules out garnet.

Two bead bracelets identified as albite with a small anorthite component. Some fractures contain resin.

Peach, pink and orange garnets whose trade name covers a range of compositions, rather than one separate mineral species.

Green copper mineral, flowing bands, growth textures, authenticity and care, illustrated by our polished freeforms.

A market name for the tested Indonesian material: magnesite matrix, dolomite veins, and minor pyrite rather than silica-rich jasper.

Market name for the tested Tanzanian ring; analysis identified albite-peristerite instead.

An unnamed green-and-brown material from a small Brazilian batch. Analysis found quartz-rich areas with clays, not a defined gem species.

A Peruvian specimen identified as manganoan calcite with sphalerite and strong red UV fluorescence.

A quartz sphere marketed as “Marcasite in Quartz” was examined to identify the metallic inclusions.

A Russian material sold as moonstone; the tested specimen was albite peristerite rather than orthoclase.

An albite-rich antiperthite sphere from a supplied Tanzanian locality; a distinct feldspar texture often grouped with moonstone in trade.

Brazilian hydrothermal quartz with hematite, multiple chalcedony infill stages, and a late opal-derived area.

A polished specimen sold as Moss Agate from India, investigated by electron imaging and elemental analysis.

A platy titanium-rich silicate from Russia.

The pale center of a zoned raw mica specimen tested as muscovite, while its purple rim tested as lepidolite.

Indonesian chalcedony with arsenic sulfide colorants in orange zones, documented in a 2020 report.

Search name for the tested chromium-bearing muscovite/fuchsite from Brazil.

Brazilian trade name; low quartz and iron-oxide banding support jasper description.

A Pakistan heart identified as coarse-grained amphibole and plagioclase rock, essentially amphibolite.

A large brown tower identified as jasper, likely formed in a sedimentary setting.

A two-toned palm stone containing feldspars, nepheline, kalsilite and scapolite-group minerals.

The white area is calcite; purple areas are quartz, partly amethyst.

A Tanzanian feldspar specimen showing moonstone-like schiller and sunstone-like hematite inclusions; both names share one report.

A supplied Madagascar material identified as calcite–dolomite-rich calc-silicate rock or skarn.

Two tested colorful specimens were more than 99% quartz; the researcher favored jasper.

A China-sourced fluorite sphere with geometric patterns associated with slight yttrium variation.

A dendritic quartz-rich ring with hematite/goethite veining and barite.

A pendant stone sold as kämmererite; the lab found an unidentified aluminum silicate instead.

A Tanzania-sourced 2025 find: muscovite, likely phengite replacement, quartz, and accessory ferrocolumbite and xenotime-(Y).

A copper-colored mineralized volcanic rock, likely rhyolite, with iron oxides, plagioclase, and kaolinite.

A trade name for tested Mexican amethyst with opal.

Sri Lankan moonstone, also known as Ceylon Moonstone.

Brown-and-metallic palm stone: ankerite, ilmenite, hematite, rutile and some calcite.

Aquamarine with mineral inclusions that give it a mossy appearance.

A feldspar with an intricate internal structure and tiny hematite inclusions.

Madagascar gemstone tested as labradorite, with density and refractive index supporting the identification.

Madagascar gemstone tested as labradorite, with density and refractive index supporting the identification.

Perthitic microcline with albite lamellae; the tested material should not be called red amazonite.

Pink calcite with low manganese and cobalt; locality uncertain between Congo and Morocco.

UV-reactive brecciated chalcedony from Pakistan.

Sold as chrysocolla; testing instead found predominantly quartz/chalcedony with chromium-bearing muscovite.

A market name for our tested andradite garnet sphere.

Red-brown and green silicified volcanic material from Indonesia; report interprets a brecciated volcanic origin.

Banded chalcedony from Malawi, with the volcanic setting and patterns explained.

Patterned volcanic glass represented in this collection as Armenian; no exclusive-source or laboratory identity claim.

Faceted sapphire represented as Montana material; specific mine and treatment history are not documented for the pictured gems.

A geometric carving form seen in Scolecite, Blue Opal, Jaspillite, and Green Opal collection photos.

Nundoorite, also sold as Nunderite and described in geological literature as nundorite, is an Australian ornamental rock with green crystals set in an earthy matrix. Our April 2024 collection includes wands, spheres, hearts and palms.

Selenite from Naica, Mexico, with fluid inclusions in our June 2024 collection.

Finnish nuummite from Kainuu; testing found labradorite, anthophyllite, gedrite and associated minerals.

Australian material; this tested palm stone is silicified mudstone or volcanic rock with iron-oxide-filled fractures.

A pink Indonesian zeolite tested as natrolite with minor calcium substitution, not thomsonite.

A quartz-rich specimen with a possible heavily recrystallized tiger-eye origin.

A newer-find pendant tested as azurite and malachite on plagioclase-rich matrix.

Also called Arusha Confetti Sunstone: a fascinating mixture of minerals rather than a single gem.

A pale zeolite from our Russian collection; mineral properties, documented Russian localities and care.

Greenland iridescent orthoamphibole material shown in a February palm photo and later collection pieces; no report for these photographed items.

Fox-spirit traditions, transformation and contemporary personal meaning, illustrated by an Ocean Jasper carving.

Orange Dogtooth Calcite from China: scalenohedral crystals, internal growth phantoms and the sample 10484 report.

A second view of our Mexican rhyolitic material, sharing the specimen data and laboratory background of Obsidian Rhyolite (Mexico).

See Ethiopian Opal for the shared material guide and collection photographs.

Orange kyanite in sterling silver rings from our August 2024 collection.

Supplier-described gemmy red-orange quartz from Saxrönningen; the limited-pocket claim is not independently verified.

Tanzanian collection material, trade names, and observations of red light response.

Same tested Madagascar sphere as Blue Apatite in Orange Calcite: naturally cemented apatite, calcite and quartz/chalcedony.

A black tower sold as tourmaline was identified by the lab as homogeneous obsidian.

A carved cat sold as Chinese obsidian was tested; the report supports obsidian or obsidian-like glassy igneous material for this specimen.

An Indian specimen whose report describes a partly glassy, phenocrystic volcanic rock of rhyolitic composition.

Seven stones in one report: plagioclase, essentially labradorite, with detectable copper in each.

A banded specimen identified as predominantly calcite, with minor Mg, Mn and Fe.

Orange sphere offered as Brazilian Sunstone; testing identifies calcite-rich impure marble.

Alternate market name for the tested Brazilian calcite-rich sphere.

An ultramafic sphere dominated by forsterite-rich olivine with chromium-rich diopside.

Australian jasper with iron-rich brown areas and lower-iron gray areas; the laboratory suggests replacement of rhyolite.

Two tested specimens from one limited Mexican pocket, with rhyolitic composition and contrasting textures.

The specimen consists of quartz/chalcedony, with iron in its green-to-tan areas. Its texture was described as consistent with Ocean Jasper.

White opal with a fascinating structure revealed by our testing.

Purple Aragonite is the supplied collection name for this January piece. Its color and form provide an appealing introduction to a mineral whose structure differs from calcite.

Petrified wood preserves the form of ancient wood through mineralization. This collection is supplied from Madagascar, with polished surfaces that reveal its visual patterns.

Polyhedral Pyrite highlights the crisp, many-faced geometry of pyrite crystals. Its metallic surfaces make the relationship between crystal growth and natural form especially easy to appreciate.

Purple scapolite brings violet color to a less familiar family of gems. This guide features the material from our April 2024 collection and keeps it distinct from our other scapolite entries.

Peanut Obsidian from Mexico is recognized by rounded reddish-orange patterns against a darker background. Our May 2024 collection shows this distinctive material carved into polished towers.

Pink tourmaline and pale albite create a vivid contrast of color and texture. The carved bowls in our May 2024 collection turn this mineral association into functional sculptural forms.

Metallic sparkle meets the warm yellow and honey tones associated with Golden Healer quartz. Our May 2024 collection shows the two textures together in a decorative specimen.

Ukrainian Phenakite from our June 2024 collection.

Treated-color pink topaz in sterling silver rings from our July collection.

Nigerian phenakite, with the published account of the 2009 gem-quality find.

Pyrite in Fluorite stretch bracelets from our September 2024 collection. Also indexed as Fluorite (Pyrite).

Persian Turquoise palms from our September 2024 collection. Also indexed as Turquoise (Persia).

Also indexed as Blue Apatite (Paraiba).

Mineral-preserved fossil wood, with our Turkish collection as the main photograph.

Faceted material supplied as Paraiba tourmaline from Mozambique; no specimen-specific analysis is claimed.

Fossil wood material, commonly spelled permineralized; origin and mineral replacement are not laboratory verified.

Pink polished freeforms: mineral structure, appearance and care.

Tested gypsum. Our eight pieces faded to white, and the producing factory verbally confirmed artificial color; the laboratory left treatment unresolved.

A 2023 Brazilian find: quartz with green inclusions that the report considers likely pumpellyite-group material; polishing powder was also observed in fractures.

Swirling chatoyant chalcedony, its fibrous inclusions and our polished Pietersite disks.

Patterned magnesite-bearing rock, Austrian geology and the newer Canadian discovery, illustrated by our palms.

Brazil’s celebrated copper-colored tourmaline: its origins, distinctive color and what to look for in jewelry.

Transparent faceted phenakite, also spelled phenacite; a separate collection and locality from our Norway profile.

A beryllium mineral from Høgtuva, Norway, also spelled phenacite.

Delicate pink salt crystals from California, with stepped cubes shaped by their crystal growth.

A zeolite-rich specimen, with stilbite-group minerals and scolecite considered the likely constituents. The researcher found more stilbite-group material than scolecite and left open the possibility of rarer zeolite species.

A Brazilian find from 2006: warm-colored chalcedony with hematite, closely related to carnelian.

A pale purple quartz bead necklace; no visible dumortierite fibers were found, and the purple elastic also influenced its appearance.

A decorative Indian stone tested as serpentine with spinel-group grains and magnesium-bearing calcite.

A sodium-rich mica with reported Russian occurrences.

The same tested specimen: crystals in a partly glassy volcanic groundmass with beginning crystallization.

A yellow/peach Brazilian piece sold under the Pink Amethyst name tested as quartz. Other color variants were not tested by this report.

An Indian pink tower of finely mixed dolomite and silty quartz, with iron affecting its pink tones.

The same tested Peruvian specimen, with manganese-bearing calcite and a sphalerite mass.

A Peruvian pink opal sphere with shortwave-UV fluorescence and partly crystallized silica.

A Malagasy sphere sold as “Plum Blossom Jade” tested as hematite, magnetite, and serpentine, with no jade identified.

Flint from Sandomierz, Poland: approximately 99.8% silica in the tested specimen, with banding and tiny possible sulfate inclusions.

A trade-name obelisk with corundum grains in a mostly serpentine matrix; no smoky quartz was identified in the tested piece.

Trade-name search for the same specimen; the tested purple phase is anhydrite.

A Chinese purple palm stone whose purple phase tested as anhydrite.

A market name used for a purple sphere that tested as essentially lepidolite.

The same purple specimen is anhydrite, not gypsum or selenite.

A pyrite tower with a black calcite area colored by finely divided pyrite.

A quartz sphere with branching metallic growths, identified in the tested areas as pyrite in quartz.

GIA documents needle-like ludwigite inclusions in Pakistani peridot. The cited 7.44 ct stone also contained a two-phase inclusion; it is not an SBG specimen report.

A separate Brazilian green mica specimen was identified as sodium-rich paragonite, not emerald or muscovite.

Australian market name; tested specimen identified as silicified rhyolitic volcanic rock.

A lilac heart containing some jadeite alongside substantial feldspar, quartz and mica.

Market label for the tested pink Indonesian material; the reported identification is natrolite, not Larimar.

This submitted pink Indonesian material tested as natrolite rather than thomsonite.

Green amphibole specimen, probably pargasite, with several minor associated minerals.

A tower supplied as Persian material tested as variscite; locality was not laboratory-verified.

Another name for the tested Agni Manitite high-silica glass; origin unresolved.

Part of this mixed phosphate specimen belongs to the heterosite–purpurite series.

A lilac-pink sphere tested as muscovite, not lepidolite, with elbaite and pollucite.

Sold as Palomino Turquoise; identified as overite, variscite, and metavariscite from Mexico.

Pastel-pink Huancayo quartz; testing suggests hydrothermal vein growth in rhyolite rather than pegmatitic rose quartz.

An unusually dark Mexican variety, tested as devitrified obsidian with spherulitic texture.

Indian material sold as sugilite, tested as dumortierite with quartz and minor zircon.

Mexican material identified as silicified rhyolite or obsidian, with iron oxides in fractures.

Purple amethyst paired with white opal, creating a distinctive contrast.

Pyrite crystals set in a natural chlorite-rich rock from Pakistan.

Sparkling pyrite crystals in a layered, chlorite-rich rock from Pakistan.

Natural-looking pyrite with a tested kaolinite and fine-grained pyrite matrix; no observed manipulation.

Pyrite paired with kaolinite clay. The exact source country remains uncertain.

Brazilian fluorescent quartz; no detectable molybdenum or powellite in the tested specimen.

Pakistani diopside, quartz, fluorite, feldspar and calcite; no jade identified.

Pakistani diopside, quartz, fluorite, feldspar and calcite; no jade identified.

Green quartz whose inclusions led the analyst to suspect hydrothermal manufacture.

A bracelet submitted as lepidolite, identified as muscovite from an evolved pegmatite.

Zoned Mexican garnet with a manganese-colored pink grossular rim and a darker iron- and titanium-rich core.

A pink petalite variety with small amounts of other minerals alongside it.

The tested sphere consists mainly of muscovite and plagioclase. The analyst considered its fine-grained texture more consistent with phyllite than schist. Iron in the muscovite was identified as the likely source of its pale green bands; no jade mineral was identified.

Violet chalcedony collection material from Indonesia; untested here and distinct from grape agate.

Violet iron phosphate, shown in our stretch bracelet collection.

Indonesian collection material supplied as fossil palm root, with an introduction to mineral preservation of plant tissues.

Our African collection material sold under the trade name Quantum Quattro.

A trade name applied to the chrysocolla-rich specimen; the report details its components without validating the name as a mineral species.

Often offered under this market label; this particular sphere tested as quartz-rich breccia with chrysocolla and minor malachite.

Quartz with muscovite, feldspar, fluid inclusions and dark dravite–schorl tourmaline from a small Brazilian pocket find.

Sold as moonstone or sillimanite, but tested as quartz. “Moonstone” describes its appearance here.

Rutile Hematite brings together two contrasting oxide minerals in one collector specimen. This January example is supplied from Brazil.

Ruby Zoisite is the collection name for jewelry combining ruby-colored areas with a contrasting green host. This guide records the name supplied for our February 2024 sterling silver rings.

Red Fox Agate is a trade name associated with Patagonian agate, also called Crater Agate in specimen collections. Its striking red areas and translucent chalcedony make the natural contrasts a central part of its appeal.

Rainbow Scapolite is the trade name used for this collection’s colorful material. This guide keeps that name distinct from the narrower mineralogical terminology needed to describe scapolite accurately.

Australian Rainforest Jasper is admired for an earthy mix of green, brown, and cream patterns. Our May 2024 collection features polished spheres that reveal the material from every direction.

See Star Rose Quartz for the shared material guide and collection photographs.

Russian Chalcedony, formerly Mystery Stone 7 (Russia). Includes the original laboratory report.

The tested vivid bands were colored with organic dyes and pigments. The report did not confirm that the underlying material is mineral dolomite.

Confirmed rhodonite with potassium feldspar, quartz and barite. Africa is the supplied collection provenance.

Fixed patterns in ruby slices, and the distinction between trapiche and trapiche-like textures.

Our Pakistan-sourced collection, supplied with an estimated age of around 2,000 years, with ancient glassmaking, weathered surfaces and modern jewellery.

Kyanite, corundum and a calcium-rich brittle mica, likely margarite. Direction-dependent hardness measurements supported the kyanite identification.

High-manganese rhodochrosite with only minor substitutions, associated with pyrite and quartz. A small phosphate phase was also observed.

Deep orange rutile needles enclosed in quartz. The researcher attributes the intense color mainly to a small iron content, with lesser manganese and chromium, and notes that the comparatively thick needles enhance the color.

Quartz beads with pink manganese-silicate inclusions; rhodonite is the most likely identification.

Iridescent fossil ammonite shell material offered from Russia.

The common trade name for an Indian material whose tested feldspar is plagioclase rather than orthoclase.

Russian red aventurine quartz with muscovite flakes and hematite coloration.

The Tanzanian material also sold as Tanzberry Quartz; testing identified red muscovite inclusions in quartz.

A compact Argentine sphere containing rhodochrosite alongside a remarkable assemblage of associated minerals.

Genuine dark red Peruvian rhodochrosite, with different calcium-rich areas documented by the laboratory.

A pink and dark patterned specimen from Peru, analyzed to distinguish its mineral components.

The name rhodusite is associated with magnesio-riebeckite.

A Russian name associated in the notes with hornfels-type ornamental rock.

A lavender-hued natural rose quartz specimen with trace iron and titanium.

An overview beginning with two tested corundum-bearing mineral associations: Power Ruby and Ruby Kyanite.

A misleading market name for the tested Power Ruby obelisk; the report found serpentine-group minerals and corundum grains, not smoky quartz.

Indian kyanite with corundum, chromian muscovite and likely rutile documented in the tested piece.

Tested Brazilian rhodonite with an apatite grain; the report suggests a likely Minas Gerais locality.

Corundum/ruby in a mixed mineral specimen with likely clinochlore and spinel.

Alternate search name for the dark quartz sphere; exact color origin unresolved.

A March 2025 Kladno find: iridescent iron oxide, mainly hematite and possibly goethite, on potassium feldspar.

Fine-grained quartz from India with contrasting brown and white areas.

A Russian trade name for material combining fluorite and bertrandite.

Madagascar gemstone tested as labradorite, with density and refractive index supporting the identification.

Perthitic microcline with albite lamellae; the tested material should not be called red amazonite.

An 8.50-carat aquamarine with hollow and mineral-filled tubes, albite and likely iron-oxide coatings.

Zoned Mexican garnet with a manganese-colored pink grossular rim and a darker iron- and titanium-rich core.

Iridescent pyrite with colorful surface reflections.

Sagenite Rutile highlights fine rutile needles arranged in a striking network. The coppery, crossing inclusions in our collection photograph make the lattice pattern the focus of the piece.

Blue Sugilite is preserved here as the familiar trade name for the richterite material in our necklace collection. Keeping the sales name searchable helps connect the jewelry with its more precise mineral description.

Golden Selenite, also called Swallowtail Selenite, from Salinas de Otuma in Paracas, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru.

Swiss Blue Topaz in sterling silver pendants from June 2024.

Russian Seraphinite slabs, displaying green color and feathery, silvery patterning.

Scolecite, a zeolite mineral known for fine crystals and radiating growth.

Rose quartz with asterism, shown in sterling silver pendants.

Crystal skulls as contemporary stone carvings, with history and symbolism in context.

Turkish stick agate takes its collection name from the bar-like forms preserved within the stone.

Sillimanite, shown by the White Sillimanite photograph from August 2024.

Quartz with golden rutile arranged in star-like or flower-like sprays.

Ethiopian opal darkened by smoke treatment, with a guide to how the treatment works.

Spiralite shells from India in the September 2024 collection.

Spiderweb Obsidian from the October 2024 Soul Body Gems collection, shown in towers, palms, hearts, and various shapes.

Russian calcite-rich ornamental material also known as Simbircite.

Russian serpentine collection with an introduction to the serpentine mineral group.

A material profile for the Sericho pallasite; the individual piece and provenance have not been analyzed.

Natural moonstone in our Tanzanian collection: potassium-rich feldspar with adularescence from exsolution lamellae.

Sphene, mineralogically titanite: Madagascar material, yellow-green color, dispersion, directional optics and gentle jewelry care.

Myanmar spinel, the geology of Mogok, varied gem colors, research on trace elements and care for faceted bead jewelry.

Blue copper silicate specimens from Milpillas, Sonora, with locality history, crystal textures and advice for caring for delicate surfaces.

Orange garnet rings from our collection, with manganese chemistry, pegmatite history, cut and colour observations, and jewellery care.

Green titanite crystals growing alongside feldspar and calcite.

Natural Mexican obsidian with pale, star-like mineral formations.

The sphere’s blue and yellow-orange bulk tested as natural sodalite and cancrinite. Some voids contain added fill.

A gem variety of corundum with a remarkable range of colors. Treatment information matters for each stone.

A patterned ornamental rock from Russia.

Two Shaangan specimens from Zimbabwe, tested separately in 2021 and 2022. Hematite inclusions and a barian anhydrite inclusion are documented.

White elongated inclusions in this blue fluorite tower tested as quartz, not scolecite.

An Indian sodalite sphere that also contains albite, nepheline, carbonate, mica and ilmenite.

A sodalite-bearing nepheline syenite previously offered under the hackmanite name.

A brilliant collector’s gem known for strong dispersion; this September facet appears in a mixed parcel and has not been individually laboratory tested.

A sphere sold as containing sphalerite was tested; the laboratory found quartz and fluorite, with no detectable zinc or sulfur.

A mineral distinct from corundum, admired for its vivid colors and gemological history.

A natural Madagascar quartz sphere with a twelve-rayed star and microscopic rutile needles.

Purple stichtite associated with green serpentine, reported from Russia.

Pink included quartz shown in our September 2025 gem parcel; exact inclusion mineral has not been laboratory verified.

A distinctive Kazakhstan quartz with thin hematite blades outlining a red phantom in the tested specimen.

A Russian quartz sometimes marketed as strawberry quartz; testing found hematite-colored aventurine with muscovite.

A Tanzanian red quartz marketed under the strawberry name; its inclusions differ from a tested Kazakhstan example.

A South African material processed in China: a thin sugilite vein in natural matrix with an epoxy or resin coating.

Tested serpentine-group material sold as green kyanite.

Ukrainian metamorphosed banded iron formation with specular hematite, quartz and magnetite.

A tested white silica specimen with coarse quartz, chalcedony and weak UV fluorescence; colorful market pieces warrant scrutiny.

A Tanzanian feldspar specimen showing moonstone-like schiller and sunstone-like hematite inclusions; both names share one report.

A purple quartz sphere with tested mineral inclusions; goethite sprays were not cacoxenite.

Alternate index name for the same green stilbite specimen, previously sold as apophyllite.

The tested orange material sold as Brazilian Sunstone is calcite-rich marble, not feldspar sunstone.

Quartz with muscovite inclusions and minor titanium-bearing magnetite in a tested sphere.

The tested blue copper silicate material matched both shattuckite and plancheite, with quartz and minor barite.

The tested blue beads contained dyed quartz and no detectable zinc; they are not smithsonite.

Quartz cabochons with green inclusions most likely saponite, plus apatite.

A confirmed serpentine-rich slab with chromite, magnetite, magnesite and faint calcite fracture fill.

Another name for the Tonglushan Mine calcite specimen with a powdery hematite coating.

The shimmer was examined in sodalite; moonstone was not identified in the tested layer.

Brazil-sourced cut beryl tested in jewelry.

Two banded specimens tested as chalcedony/agate; the report measured iron in red bands and manganese in black bands.

A blue palm stone with evidence for shattuckite and chrysocolla in a dolomite matrix.

Two specimens from one Tanzanian pocket: quartz with albite or oligoclase–calcic albite; neither report identifies moonstone.

Two specimens from one Tanzanian pocket: quartz with albite or oligoclase–calcic albite; neither report identifies moonstone.

Misleading market name: larvikite not identified. Report finds likely albite, astrophyllite and nepheline; also Night Shade / Arusha Confetti Sunstone.

A newer Indian find with an unusual silver-blue appearance.

A scapolite variety also known by the historical name Wernerite.

Aquamarine with intriguing mineral inclusions, sold under this market name.

Tanzanian albite-peristerite with hematite inclusions; the tested beads contain no beryl or aquamarine.

Tested as man-made sodium-calcium glass, with a copper-rich mounting rather than silver.

A 7.88-carat faceted stone identified as marialite, supported by density and refractive index measurements.

Mexican copper-bearing material with brochantite, cuprite, copper-iron sulfate, alum and quartz.

Green spinel in calcite marble, with chromium, iron and a minor gahnite component.

Gypsum with minor kaolinite, plus the distinction between gypsum and selenite.

Nepheline with a blue phase best matched to sodalite, not afghanite.

A sphere sold as Terahertz identified as high-purity elemental silicon.

Mexican material with calcium-to-silicon proportions consistent with spurrite.

Indian quartz with extremely thin hematite plates showing a distinctive cherry-red color.

Material sold as seraphinite that instead tested as a coarse-grained calc-silicate metamorphic rock.

A natural combination of stilbite and apophyllite, with other minerals alongside them.

Light-brown faceted topaz confirmed by analysis; Pakistan sourcing recorded by Soul Body Gems.

Australian banded material containing iron-oxide-bearing quartz; the calcium–iron-rich component remains interpretive.

Spinel with a soft, silky appearance; inclusion characteristics and gem collection notes.

Spinel with a soft, silky appearance; inclusion characteristics and gem collection notes.

Also Swazi Agate: the same collection material under two trade names.

Also Strawberry Agate (Mozambique): the same collection material under two trade names.

A layered sulfide aggregate dominated by sphalerite, separate from the Wood Schalenblende trade-name report.

Tiger Eye is admired for a moving band of reflected light that shifts as a polished stone is turned. Our sterling silver rings show how a curved cut brings this optical effect into jewelry.

Chrysocolla specimens from the Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru.

Utah’s patterned fluorite-bearing Tiffany stone, illustrated by our hearts, freeforms, carvings and jewelry.

Also indexed under Turquoise (Persia).

A distinct mica-group mineral; this collection photo is not a specimen-specific laboratory identification.

Turquoise in a September 2025 collection; the name does not establish a specific mine locality.

Explore the blue phosphate mineral, Swedish type-locality history and our August 2025 collection. The pictured pieces were not laboratory tested.

Green grossular garnet, its East African history and our Kenya-sourced faceted gems.

Pink manganese-bearing zoisite, Norwegian locality history and carved detail, featuring our Ganesha collection.

Greenland tugtupite with an ultraviolet photograph, its discovery history, unusual chemistry and a guide to different light responses.

Green titanite crystals growing alongside feldspar and calcite.

Potassium feldspar, which the researcher notes could be described as orthoclase, associated with dark elbaite tourmaline containing a small liddicoatite component.

The bulk of this Turkish green specimen tested as tremolite–actinolite, with antigorite also present.

The bead strand has turquoise-range chemistry, but its unusually homogeneous texture led the researcher to suspect constitution or synthesis.

Market name for the Chinese carved tower sold as jade or anhydrite. Testing found high-magnesium calcite-bearing limestone, not jade or anhydrite.

Also searched as Taji Stone; an alternate market name for the same tested Chinese tower. One report is shared with Tai Chi Quartz.

This Peruvian material was offered under the turquoise name. Testing of the submitted specimen instead described chrysocolla-rich domains mixed with feldspar and altered volcanic ash.

Separate analyses of a carving and a faceted gem, both consistent with the zoisite/clinozoisite material known as tanzanite.

Quartz with green fuchsite inclusions from the same Tanzanian source as red Tanzberry.

The red Tanzanian quartz with muscovite and magnetite inclusions; compare the green Tanzberry material.

Brazilian teal aventurine quartz with chromium-bearing muscovite, pyrite and monazite-(Ce).

Pink zoisite-bearing material from Washington, distinct from other thulite localities.

A fine-grained alkaline igneous rock reported from Russia.

A diverse mineral group valued for its wide range of colors and localities.

Two blue cabochons sold as turquoise were identified as dyed natural magnesite.

This tested specimen proved to be lithiophilite rather than triplite.

A Brazilian sphere identified as an amphibole in the tremolite–actinolite series.

Material sold as thulite; testing identified calcite, forsterite, diopside and dolomite, with no thulite identified.

Quartz with tourmaline, chlorite, phlogopite–biotite mica and surface calcite; carbon was not identified as the inclusions.

A sphere sold as Terahertz identified as high-purity elemental silicon.

A Mexican carving with a complex mixture of phosphate minerals. Explore what lies behind its turquoise name.

An evolved pegmatite with purple lepidolite, albite, fluorapatite and elbaite tourmaline.

Unakite stretch bracelets from our September 2024 collection.

A vivid green garnet, admired for tiny sparkling crystals and colorful carvings.

Brazilian fluorescent quartz; no detectable molybdenum or powellite in the tested specimen.

Very dark smoky quartz represented as Ukrainian material; exact deposit and treatment status for the pictured pieces are unverified.

Vivianite is an iron phosphate mineral valued for its blue to green crystals and distinctive color changes. The January collection photograph introduces this material without assigning an unreported locality.

Utah variscite is admired for its greens and contrasting natural patterns. Spheres lead this April 2024 gallery, followed by palms, hearts and towers.

Indonesian Volcanic Agate shown in skull carvings from July 2024.

Previously Mystery Stone 13: chromian muscovite, albite, quartz and apparent silicified volcanic material. Locality unknown.

Two Brazilian spheres with variscite as the major component and distinct inclusions.

Blue-to-violet diopside variety associated with Russia.

A tested aluminum phosphate tower best identified as variscite, with minor pyrite.

Sold as Palomino Turquoise; identified as overite, variscite, and metavariscite from Mexico.

A Moroccan specimen confirmed as vanadinite by analytical testing.

A colorful sodium fluoride mineral with a soft, water-soluble character.

White Buffalo Turquoise is retained as a searchable trade name for the white-and-black pendant collection formerly placed under Wild Horse Jasper. The corrected placement keeps the two collection identities separate.

Pink and green color zoning within tourmaline, shown in our August 2024 collection.

Wild Horse Jasper SS rings and pendants from the October 2024 Soul Body Gems collection.

A material profile of sapphire associated with Winza, Tanzania.

New Jersey's fluorescent zinc silicate: daylight appearance, green UV response, mineral mixtures and the Franklin–Sterling Hill story.

A specimen marketed as rainbow moonstone that tested as intermediate plagioclase feldspar.

Africa-sourced smoky-colored quartz tested in a pendant.

Chinese colorless fluorite, apparently untreated; rare-earth elements and intact fluid inclusions documented.

A historical name for scapolite. Our tested piece belongs mainly to the meionite variety.

Banded Polish material identified as limestone/calcite, not schalenblende; possible aragonite remains unconfirmed.

Mexican banded material composed mainly of quartz, with minor fluorite and iron.

The tested cabochon is mainly quartz with minor clay minerals, possibly illite or sericite, and iron oxides. The iron oxides produce its delicate banding. The researcher describes a fine-grained siltstone with a clay contribution and interprets the colored bands as original bedding planes contorted before lithification. Australia is the sourcing locality supplied by Soul Body Gems. Wagyl Stone is the trade name for this material.

Muscovite sold as Yellow Lepidolite. Testing found resin or epoxy, likely used for stabilization.

Incorrect trade name for tested yellow muscovite. Also listed as Muscovite (yellow); resin or epoxy was found.

Russian fluorescent sodalite-bearing palm stones, separating the Yooperlite trade name from mineral identity and geographical origin.

The pale center of a zoned raw mica specimen tested as muscovite, while its purple rim tested as lepidolite.

Supplier-designated Mexico carvings. Soul Body Gems has not tested these pieces to verify their yttrium content.

A separately tested pale green fluorite with approximately 1,100 ppm yttrium.

Alternate directory name for the same two tested faceted yellow labradorite stones.

Genuine color-change diaspore: mineral identity, the Turkish story, light and care.

Banded agate nodules, their mineral textures, and published research on Zhanguohong agate from China.

A colorful copper-rich rock sold under a Russian trade name.

A banded cabochon from Western Australia, examined to understand its dark stripes and pale matrix.

Neodymium-rich man-made glass in a Zultanite-labeled pendant; specific branded origin not established.

A pendant's center stone tested as man-made neodymium-rich glass, not natural diaspore.

Also Emerald Shimmer (Zambia): beryl with resin treatment and green mica inclusions, report dated October 14, 2025.

Faceted zircon, with a focus on brilliance, fire and cut gems.