Category Archives: Minerals
Azurite [Cu 3 (CO 3 ) 2 (OH) 2 ] is a copper carbonate mineral. It owes its name to its beautiful azure-blue color,which makes it a very popular and well-known mineral. It usually occurs with green Malachite, whichmay form green stains or specks on Azurite crystals or aggregates. The two minerals sometimes occuradmixed or […]
A variety of Microcline that is a member of the Feldspar mineral group. Amazonite is a potassium aluminum silicate mineral. Its color is usually blue, green, or bluish-green. Amazonite often has white lines or alternating streaks mixed in and can have uneven color distribution. The imperfections in color are often caused by inclusions of white […]
Agate is the banded variety of Chalcedony which is the microcrystalline variety of Quartz (silicon dioxide). Therefore, these are called the banded wonders of Nature. Agate is found in a wide variety of colors (Green, Blue, Red, Black, Purple, White, Yellow, Pink, Grey, Orange, or Brown). Subsequently, the trace elements mixed with the silica in […]
Tourmaline is a birthstone for October, along with opal. “Tourmaline” is the name of a large group of boron silicate minerals. These minerals share a common crystal structure (Trigonal) and similar physical properties but vary tremendously in chemical composition. They share the elements silicon, aluminum, and boron, but contain a complex mixture of other elements […]
Quartz is a chemical compound consisting of one part silicon and two parts oxygen. It is silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ). Quartz is the most abundant mineral on the earth’s surface. It occurs in basically all mineral environments and is the important constituent of many rocks. Quartz is also the most varied of all minerals, […]
Aquamarine [Be3Al2SiO6] is the greenish-blue to the blue variety of Beryl. Aquamarine is a Beryllium aluminum silicate mineral and is in the Cyclosilicates subcategory of Silicate minerals. It forms beautiful crystals that can be quite large and totally transparent. Unlike Emerald, Aquamarine can form in stunning flawless crystals. They create some of the most beautiful […]
