RUBELLITE/APHRITE /PINK TOURMALINE A reddish to pink, gemmy, lithium rich, iron & magnesium free variety of tourmaline in quartz matrix. A member of the Elbaite group, it is the rarest…

RAINBOW TOPAZ/MYSTIC TOPAZ /TITANIUM TOPAZ /ALASKAN TOPAZ Rainbow Topaz has a stunning array of iridescent colors, setting it apart from other varieties of Topaz. This effect is created in a…

RED TIGER’S EYE/DRAGON’S EYE A variety of Quartz and a pseudomorph of Crocidolite. It forms when Crocidolite’s parallel amphibole fibers are replaced by silica. The parallel fibers create an optical…

OREGON SUNSTONE - Energizes, brightens, cleanses, purifies the chakras.- Joyful, light-inspiring stone that harnesses the regenerative powers of the sun.- Heightens intuition.- Allows the real self to shine through happily.-…

RED SPINEL - Brings high energy to all efforts & realms. - Attracts money, wealth & prosperity.- Energy from Earth to propel us to our best destiny.- Aura cleansing, astral…

PEACH SELENITEPEACH SATIN SPAR Selenite and Satin Spar are both members of the Gypsum family, along with Desert Rose and Alabaster. They are almost identical in chemical composition, but visually…

RUBY IN ZOISITEANYOLITE A green Zoisite with inclusions of black Pargasite and red Ruby. First found in Kenya & Tanzania, it was named after the Maasai word for green; Anyoli.…

RUBY The red variety of Corundum, an aluminum oxide. Sapphire is the other gemstone variety of Corundum. Ruby has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, with only Moissanite…

RUBELLITE IN QUARTZPINK TOURMALINE IN QUARTZ The rarest variety of Tourmaline, a beryllium aluminum silicate mineral, Rubellite is usually found in Quartz or on a matrix of Quartz. Most specimens…

RHODONITEMANGANOLITE /MANGANESE SPAR A pink manganese silicate mineral with iron, magnesium and calcium. Found with black manganese oxides that occur as dendrites, fracture fillings, or matrix within the specimen. Usually…

RHODOCHROSITE (Colorado, China, Argentina, Peru) A manganese carbonate mineral. First used by the Inca peoples of Argentina and called Inca Rose. The official name today comes from the Greek rhodo…

QUARTZ CRYSTAL SCRYING SPHERE Scrying is the term for gazing into a suitable medium in the hope of detecting subtle messages or visions. Historically known for “fortune telling”, scrying may…

RUTILATED QUARTZ (Brazil) Rutile, Latin for red, is a mineral composed mostly of titanium dioxide. Rutile has one of the highest refractive indices at visible wavelengths of any known crystal…

ROSE QUARTZHYALINE OR PINK QUARTZ/BOHEMIAN RUBY Found abundantly in massive & anhedral form, (having no visible prismatic crystal faces) formed in deep hydrothermal veins & in pegmatites (igneous rock containing…

RAINFOREST RHYOLITERAINFOREST JASPER Rhyolite is the extrusive equivalent of granite, which is intrusive igneous rock. In other words, Rhyolite formed from magma that cooled on the Earth’s surface, where granite…

RAINBOW AURA QUARTZ (Fumed with Titanium) Associated with the third eye & crown chakras & zodiac signs of Gemini, Aquarius, Aries. Vibrates to the number 1. - Activates & balances…

PHANTOM QUARTZ Macrocrystalline quartz (quartz whose geometric structure is visible) grows in layers, deep in the earth, under pressure and extreme heat over millions of years. Sometimes during the growth…

OPALAURA QUARTZ (Fumed with Platinum & Silver)ANGEL AURA QUARTZ Associated with the crown chakra, zodiac sign of Aries & vibrates to the number 8. - Intense, strong energy. Cleanses the…

QUARTZ, CELESTIAL - Acts as a window into the spiritual world, linking the conscious body and spiritual mind to the universe.- Open the 3rd eye to higher dimensions.- Realigns the…

QUARTZ WITH AJOITE (Arizona, USA, South Africa) Quartz crystals with inclusions of Ajoite, pronounced Ah-hoe-ite, & named after the Ajo district in Pima county Arizona. Only found there & in…

PYROMORPHITE A member of the Apatite group of isomorphous hexagonal minerals. It is very similar in structure and appearance to Mimetite, and may be partially replaced by it. They were…

PYROLUSITE The most common manganese mineral and one of several manganese oxides, all of which are very similar and difficult to differentiate from one another, especially in massive form. Wad…

PURPURITE (Brazil) A rare manganese phosphate mineral, Purpurite is a secondary mineral formed by the oxidation of Lithiophilite. It has a submetallic luster, rich lilac-purple color and has a harness…

PSILOMELANE Barium manganese hydroxides that do not form visible crystals. These include Romanechite & Hollandite that are not specifically identified and sometimes mixed together. Psilomelane can be banded with Pyrolusite,…

PSEUDO TEKTITES Some tektites are classified as “pseudo” because there are no craters around the strewn fields to denote a meteorite crash. Therefore, it could be categorized as obsidian, however…

PRUSKITEPOTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE & FERROCYANIDE (Poland) Pruskite is a trade name for the combination of 2 minerals into a crystal on matrix. The red crystal is Potassium Ferricyanide (containing trivalent iron)…

PRESELI BLUESTONESTONEHENGE STONE /PRESELI SPOTTED DOLERITE (Wales) The term "bluestone" in Britain is used in a loose sense to cover all of the "foreign," not intrinsic, stones at Stonehenge. It…

PREHNITE WITH EPIDOTE Prennite is an inosilicate of calcium & aluminum that crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. It most often forms as stalactitic or botryoidal aggregates with only just…

PREHNITE An inosilicate of calcium & aluminum that crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. It most often forms as stalactitic or botryoidal aggregates with only just the crests of small…

PRASIOLITEGREEN AMETHYST /GREEN QUARTZ /VERMARINE (Brazil) Prasiolite is a very rare light green quartz. Small amounts have been found in Canada, Poland, Namibia & the UK. The Poland type is…

PINOLITHPINOLITE A black and white metamorphic rock composed of dolomite, magnesite and graphite. It contains small (5mm-15mm) pine nut shaped crystals of white to yellow/brown magnesite. The pine nut shape…

PIETERSITE Named in 1926 by Sid Pieters, who discovered it in Windhoek, Namibia. It is a brecciated mix of Tiger’s eye & Hawk’s Eye. It appears dark grey & blue,…

PICROMERITESHOENITE A relatively rare hydrous sulfate whose name comes from the Greek words for “bitter part”, due to the taste of this mineral. It can be found in active volcanic…

RUSSIAN PHENACITEPHENAKITE (Russia) Rare nesosilicate mineral consisting of beryllium orthosilicate. It occurs as isolated crystals, which are rhombohedral. The name comes from the Greek phenas meaning liar, because it can…

PETROLEUM INCLUDED QUARTZENPETRO QUARTZ/GOLDEN ENHYDRO QUARTZ (Balochistan, Pakistan) Found in Afghanistan, Pakistan & the Himalayas, these quartz crystals contain inclusions of petroleum and fluid bubbles. This petroleum fluoresces brightly under…

PETRIFIED WOOD Ancient trees that fell and were buried in earth that was water laden with abundant silica, and a lack of oxygen, which limited the amount of fungi and…

PETALITECASTORITE Discovered in Sweden in 1800, it’s name comes from the Greek for leaf, due to it’s perfect cleavage. It was used in the making of CorningWare and ceramic glazes.…

PERIDOT & OLIVINE A magnesium silicate mineral, gem quality Olivine is known as Peridot. Olivine is a group of minerals that is abundant in the Earth’s crust and in meteorites.…

PALO SANTO (Ecuador) Bursera Graveolens, also known as Palo Santo, is a tree that grows in the dry tropical forests of Ecuador and Peru. It comes from the same family…

ORTHOCLASEORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR /POTASSIUM FELDSPAR /K-SPAR The most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust & a tectosilicate mineral that forms in intrusive igneous rock from liquid magma. Its name means “right…

ORTHOCERAS FOSSIL An extinct nautiloid cephalopod that lived 370 to 450 million years ago. Its name means, “straight horn” due to its long, straight, conical shell. They ranged in size…

ORPIMENT An arsenic sulfide mineral with a distinctive yellow/orange color and streak. It forms in low temperature hydrothermal veins and volcanic hot springs. Its name comes from the Latin auripigment,…

OPALITEMAN MADE OPAL GLASS The geological term opalite is applied to any genuine opal that does not display “play of color”, the typical flash of colors seen when viewing opal.…

PURPLE OPALPURPLE COMMON OPAL Opal is made up of Silicon Dioxide, just like quartz crystal. But unlike quartz it contains up to 38% water, but most commonly 3%-16%. Until recently…

PINK OPALPINK COMMON OPAL Pink Opal is light milky pink & doesn’t display Play-of-Color optical properties. Much of the world's Pink Opal comes from Peru, but it can also be…

ONYX A black variety of cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony), with white bands that run parallel. Similar in composition to agate, but the bands in agate are curved & not always parallel.…

OKENITE A silicate mineral that is usually found where zeolite, apophyllite &/or prehnite formations are found. It looks like white cotton balls of straight, radiating, fibrous crystals that are both…

RAINBOW OBSIDIAN Rainbow Obsidian has inclusions of Magnetite & Hedenbergite, a rare endmember of the pyroxene group, high in iron. Found in Oregon, California & Mexico, this beautiful rainbow striped…

RAINBOW MOONSTONEWHITE LABRADORITE Rainbow, Peach, Green & Black Moonstone are actually closer related to Labradorite than to Moonstone. It is a trade name, and therefore a slight misnomer. Most moonstones…

PEACH MOONSTONEPEACH LABRADORITE Rainbow, Peach, Green & Black Moonstone are actually closer related to Labradorite than to Moonstone. It is a trade name, and therefore a slight misnomer. Most moonstones…

ORANGE KYANITE - Associated with the sacral chakra, zodiac signs of Libra & Pisces & vibrates to the number 1. - Balances sacral chakra, helping one to fully integrate &…

RED JASPER A variety of cryptocrystalline quartz, Jasper is opaque with a vitreous luster, and can be found in every color and pattern imaginable. Red Jasper is colored by inclusions…

RAINFOREST JASPERAGATIZED RHYOLITE The equivalent to extrusive granite, found in volcanic areas. Rainforest Jasper is closer to a granite, or rhyolite than a jasper. It is a type of rock…

POLYCHROME JASPER (Madagascar) Found in 2008 in Madagascar, Polychrome Jasper contains the color blue, which is extremely rare for Jasper. Polychrome is an architectural style of decorating in multiple colors.…

PICTURE JASPER Jasper is an opaque form of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline quartz, and it’s name comes from the Greek word for “spotted stone”. Picture Jasper is famous for looking like…

PICASSO JASPERPICASSO STONE (Utah) Referred to as a jasper, Picasso Jasper or Stone is actually a marble, which is a metamorphosed limestone & a calcium magnesium carbonate mineral. The stone…

OCEAN JASPER (Marovato, Madagascar) Found in several small deposits in Madagascar, Ocean Jasper is trademarked by The Gem Shop and was brought to market in 2000. It has spherical patterning…

PINK HALITE - Associated with the heart chakra, zodiac signs of Cancer &Pisces & vibrates to the number. - Pink Halite is a crystal that vibrates with unconditional love.- A…

RED GARNET A silicate mineral used since the bronze age for jewelry and an abrasive material. The name comes from the roots of many languages and means dark red. Garnets…

ROGERLEY MINE FLUORITEWEARDALE FLUORITE (Rogerley Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK) In the 1970’s a couple from the USA went to visit an abandoned limestone quarry in England and found…

RAINBOW FLUORITE Fluorite is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, of the Halide family & has a hardness of 4 on the Mohs scale. The name comes from Latin, meaning…

PURPLE FLUORITE Fluorite is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, of the Halide family & has a hardness of 4 on the Mohs scale. The name comes from Latin, meaning…

PINK FLUORITE Fluorite is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, of the Halide family & has a hardness of 4 on the Mohs scale. The name comes from Latin, meaning…

RED CALCITE (Mexico) A calcium carbonate mineral with the formula CaCO₃. It is a common rock forming mineral and the main component of Marble and Limestone. It has one of…

RAINBOW CALCITERED BANDED CALCITE (Mexico) A calcium carbonate mineral with the formula CaCO₃. It is a common rock forming mineral and the main component of Marble and Limestone. It has…

PERUVIAN AQUA CALCITE (Peru) - Associated with the heart and throat chakras, zodiac signs of Aquarius, Pisces & Cancer & vibrates to the number 1. - Promotes karmic assent.- Facilitates…

ORANGE CALCITE A calcium carbonate mineral with the formula CaCO₃. It is a common rock forming mineral and the main component of Marble and Limestone. It has one of the…

RED AVENTURINE & ORANGE AVENTURINE/STRAWBERRY QUARTZ/TANZEBERRY QUARTZ The name comes from the Italian “A Ventura” meaning “by chance”, when copper was accidentally dropped into molten glass in the 18th century.…

PINK & PURPLE APATITE WITH CHLORITE (Nake Kamaly Mountains, Pakistan) Apatite describes a group of similar isomorphous hexagonal phosphate minerals. These include Fluorapatite, Chlorapatite, and Hydroxylapatite. It is common as…

PINK & PURPLE APATITE WITH RIEBECKITE (Nake Kamaly Mountains, Pakistan) Apatite describes a group of similar isomorphous hexagonal phosphate minerals. These include Fluorapatite, Chlorapatite, and Hydroxylapatite. It is common as…

PYRITIZED AMMONITE Ammonites are extinct cephalopod marine creatures that are found as fossils all over the world. They are related to the Nautilus, which are alive in the seas today.…

PEACH BANDED AGATE A type of banded chalcedony, agate is found in translucent browns, grays, pinks, purples and apricots with curved white bands. The Peach variety shows predominantly that color.…

PINK-PURPLE BANDED AGATE A type of banded chalcedony, agate is found in translucent browns, grays, pinks, purples and apricots with curved white bands. The Pink-Purple variety shows predominantly those colors.…