Gems By Any Other Name
Stones get their names from many sources. Often, crystals and gems are named after the person who discovered them or the location where they were first found. Sometimes stones are given a name based on their chemical composition or their similarity to something else. The following is a list of stones that are known by more than one name. In some cases, a crystal may have 3 or more different names.
ACTINOLITE
► TREMOLITE
AMAZONITE
► MICROLINE, AMAZON STONE
ANATASE
► OCTAHEDRITE
ANDRADITE
► GARNET
ANDULARIA
► MOONSTONE
ANGELITE
► BLUE ANHYDRITE
ANGEL PHANTOM QUARTZ
► AMPHIBOLE QUARTZ
APACHE TEAR
► OBSIDIAN
AZURITE
► CHESSYLITE
BASANITE
► BLACK FLINT JASPER, CHERT JASPER
BIOTITE
► MICA
BIXBITE
► RED BERYL
BLOODSTONE
► HELIOTROPE
BLUE AVENTURINE
► QUARTZ WITH DUMORTIERITE
BOJI STONES
► MARCASITE NODULES, LIVING STONES / ENERGY STONES
BORNITE
► PEACOCK BLUE
CASSITERITE
► TINSTONE
CATLINITE
► PIPESTONE
CELESTIAL QUARTZ
►PINEAPPLE QUARTZ
CELESTITE
► CELESTINE
CHERT
► HORNSTONE
CHIASTOLITE
► ANDALUSITE, CROSS STONE
CHLOROCALCITE
► HYDROPHILITE
CHRYSOTILE
► CHRYSOTITE
CINNABAR
► DRAGON’S BLOOD
DECHENITE
► DICINITE
DIASPORE:
► EMPHOLITE, KAYSERITE, TANATARITE
DOGTOOTH AMETHYST
► CHEVRON AMETHYST, BANDED AMETHYST
ELESTIAL CRYSTAL
► SKELETAL CRYSTAL
EULITE
► HYPERSTHENE
FLUORITE
► FLUOR SPAR, FELDSPAR
FUSCHITE, FUCHSITE, OR FUCHITE (3 SPELLINGS)
► GREEN MUSCOVITE
FULGURITE
► GLASS (NATURAL)
GARNET
► KUNDALINI FIRE, ANDRADITE
GIBBSITE
► HYDRARGILLITE
GREEN AVENTURINE
► QUARTZ WITH FUSCHITE
GREEN QUARTZ
► PRASIOLITE, VERMARINE, LIME CITRINE
GROSSULAR
► GREEN GARNET
HIDDENITE:
► GREEN KUNZITE, GREEN SPODUMENE
HORN CORAL
► DRAGON TOOTH CORAL
HYDROPHILITE
► CHLOROCALCITE
HYPERSTHENE
► ENSTATITE, FERROSILITE
ICELAND SPAR
► CLEAR CALCITE
IDOCRASE
► VESUVIANITE
IOLITE
► CORDIERITE, DICHROITE, WATER SAPPHIRE
INFINITE STONE
► LIGHT GREEN SERPENTINE
IRIDOSMINE
► OSMIRIDIUM
JET
►LIGNITE
KUNZITE
► PINK SPODUMENE
KYANITE
► DISTHENE
LABRADORITE (WHITE)
► RAINBOW MOONSTONE
LABRADORITE (WHITE TRANSPARENT)
► BLACK MOONSTONE
LARIMAR
► BLUE PECTOLITE, DOLPHIN STONE
LUMERIAN CRYSTALS
► TANGEROSE CRYSTALS
MAGNETITE
► LODESTONE
MANGANO CALCITE
► PINK CALCITE
MILKY QUARTZ
► SNOW QUARTZ
MOLDAVITE
► VLTAVA
MORGANITE
► PINK BERYL
MUSCOVITE
► MICA
NEPHRITE
► DARK GREEN JADE
OPAL (BLUE)
► GIRASOL
PEACOCK ROCK
► BORNITE
PECTOLITE
► BLUE VARIETY OF LARIMAR
PERIDOT
► CHRYSOLITE, OLIVINE
PHENOMENITE
► SANDSTONE & QUARTZ MIXTURE
POTCH
► COMMON OPAL
PRASIOLITE
► GREEN QUARTZ, VERMARINE, LIME CITRINE
PROUSTITE
► RUBY SILVER
PURPLE SAGE AGATE
► LURELITE
PYRITE
► FOOL’S GOLD
RHODOCROSITE:
► INCA ROSE
RHYOLITE
► RAINFOREST JASPER, OCEAN JASPER
RUTILATED QUARTZ
► ANGEL HAIR
SELENITE
► SATIN SPAR, DESERT ROSE
SERAPHINITE
►CLINOCHLORE
SEREFINA
► CHLORITE
SMOKEY QUARTZ
► CAIRNGORM
SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN
► FLOWERING OBSIDIAN
SOAPSTONE
► STEATITE
SPECTROLITE
► FINNISH LABRADORITE
SPECULARITE (a form of Hematite)
► GRAY HEMATITE, IRON GLANCE, SPECULAR IRON
SPHENE
► TITANITE
SPHALERITE
► BLENDE, ZINC BLENDE
STAUROLITE
► FAIRY STONE, FAIRY CROSS
SUGILITE
► LUVILITE, ROYAL LAVULITE, ROYAL AZEL
TANZANITE
► BLUE ZOISITE
TINSTONE
► CASSITERITE
TOURMALINE (BLACK)
► APHRIZITE, SCHORL
TOURMALINE (BLUE)
► INDICOLITE
TOURMALINE (BROWN)
► DRAVITE, DRAVIDE
TOURMALINE (COLORLESS)
► ACHROITE
TOURMALINE (GREEN)
► VERDELITE
TOURMALINE (MULTI COLORED)
► ELBAITE
TOURMALINE (RED VIOLET)
► RUBELLITE
TOURMALINE (YELLOW)
► TSILASITE, PERIDOT OF CEYLON
ULEXITE
► T-V ROCK
UVAROVITE
► GREEN GARNET
VARISCITE
► UTAHLITE