For years, hemimorphite has been considered as a minor ore of zinc. It's a popular collectors item because of its distinctive forms and array of colours. Blue hemimorphite specimens are...

Purpurite is a manganese iron phosphate mineral with an orthorhombic crystal structure. Its manganese and iron content is responsible for its reddish purple to deep rose colour. The greater the...

Energizing, refreshing, and empowering ” these words sum up what the sight of prasiolite does to its owner. Prasiolite dazzles with its characteristic green colour associated with creativity, optimism, success,...

Azeztulite (SiOz) is a type of quartz with many variations. It is known in the metaphysical world as a stone of light and communication and a catalyst of inter-dimensional travel....

There's one word that best describes this stone: protection. Purple agate is popularly known as the stone that protects against negative energies, accidents, and natural disasters. Whether it's for you...

You've heard about the fool's gold pyrite which dazzles like gold to the untrained eye. Now meet sphalerite, the dark-coloured mineral ore of zinc often mistaken for galena. It also...

Tiger iron is a fusion of 3 minerals: tiger's eye, black hematite, and red jasper. The result? Rustic-looking bands of browns, grays, reds, and golden yellows. This attractive combination makes...

Ulexite has the ability to reflect and transmit light through its fibrous crystal ” place an image underneath and you'll see it projected on its opposite side. Because of this...

Did you know that nature has the ability to produce natural magnets? One of the minerals that has magnetic properties and attracts iron and fragments of ordinary inert magnetite is...

Variscite is a hydrated aluminum phosphate mineral that grows in masses and crusts. It's often a secondary mineral found in deposits where waters with phosphate content interact with aluminum-based minerals....

Found in the Navajo Desert in the USA, Moqui marbles are choco-coloured rocks consisting of a sandstone core and a hematite shell (an oxide form of iron). Most Moqui marbles...

Vesuvianite (also called idocrase) is a rare silicate mineral and a staple material in craft and jewelry making. It makes for a good stone for autumn jewelry, with its soft...