Identifying Crystals & Polished Stones

Identifying Crystals & Polished Stones by colour

To give you a bit more help in identifying crystals by name (or at least giving you a few options that may help you to do further research), here are some of the most widely available crystals listed by colour. This is really just a general guide to point you in the right direction. Be aware, that some crystals like calcite, fluorite, quartz and tourmaline (just to name a few) for example, can come in many colours.

Clear or white: Apophyllite, Clear Quartz (also called rock quartz), Calcite (also comes in pretty much every colour, and is waxy to touch), Chlorite, Diamond, Herkimer Diamond, Magnesite, Moonstone, Opal, Rutilated Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Selenite, Stillbite,

Yellow/orange: Amber, Carnelian, Citrine, Jasper (various forms of it), Sulphur, Sunstone, Tiger’s Eye,

Red/brown: Agate (although this can be dyed and comes in many colours), Fire Agate, Aragonite, Garnet, Jasper, Ruby, Vanadinite,

Black: Black Obsidian, Black Tourmaline, Boji Stone, Hematite, Jet, Onyx, Snowflake Obsidian, Tektite,

Purple: Amethyst, Ametrine, Charoite, Fluorite, Lepidolite,

Pink: Cinnabrite, Danburite, Kunzite, Lepidolite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Rose Quartz, Unakite,

Blue: Angelite, Aqua Aura Quartz, Blue Lace Agate, Apatite, Aquamarine, Atacamite, Azurite, Celestite, Blue Chalcedony, Chrysocolla, Iolite (deep blue), Blue Kyanite, Lapis Lazuli, Larimar, Sapphire, Shattuckite, Sodalite, Turquoise,

Green: Amazonite, Apatite, Aquamarine, Atacamite, Aventurine, Azurite, Bloodstone, Chrysocolla, Chrysoprase, Dioptase, Emerald, Fluorite, Fuchsite, Howlite, Jade, Labradorite, Malachite, Moldavite, Peridot, Prehnite, Seraphinite, Serpentine, Shattuckite, Stichtite, Unakite,

Silver: Galena,

Gold: Iron Pyrite,

https://rocktumbler.com/polished-stones/

http://www.crystaldictionary.com/crystals-by-color.html

http://www.minerals.net/GemStoneMain.aspx

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