Properties & Information
Cinnabar
CinnabarSCIENCE / MINERALOGYCinnabar is mercury sulfide, HgS, and the principal historical ore mineral of mercury. It crystallizes in the trigonal system and ranges from bright scarlet and vermilion red to...
Cinnabar
CinnabarSCIENCE / MINERALOGYCinnabar is mercury sulfide, HgS, and the principal historical ore mineral of mercury. It crystallizes in the trigonal system and ranges from bright scarlet and vermilion red to...
Chrysoprase
ChrysopraseSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChrysoprase is a translucent apple-green to deep green variety of chalcedony, the microcrystalline form of quartz. Its distinctive color is produced by trace nickel-bearing compounds and extremely fine...
Chrysoprase
ChrysopraseSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChrysoprase is a translucent apple-green to deep green variety of chalcedony, the microcrystalline form of quartz. Its distinctive color is produced by trace nickel-bearing compounds and extremely fine...
Chrysocolla
ChrysocollaSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChrysocolla is a blue-green copper-rich hydrous silicate material with variable composition and structural order. Much gem material is better described as a mineraloid or fine mixture rather than...
Chrysocolla
ChrysocollaSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChrysocolla is a blue-green copper-rich hydrous silicate material with variable composition and structural order. Much gem material is better described as a mineraloid or fine mixture rather than...
Chrysanthemum Stone
Chrysanthemum StoneSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChrysanthemum Stone is a decorative rock recognized by pale flower-like crystal patterns within a darker matrix. It is not one mineral species; depending on locality, the 'petals'...
Chrysanthemum Stone
Chrysanthemum StoneSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChrysanthemum Stone is a decorative rock recognized by pale flower-like crystal patterns within a darker matrix. It is not one mineral species; depending on locality, the 'petals'...
Chocolate Calcite
Chocolate CalciteSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChocolate Calcite is a trade/color name for brown to dark honey calcite, CaCO₃. It crystallizes in the trigonal system and retains calcite's perfect rhombohedral cleavage and strong...
Chocolate Calcite
Chocolate CalciteSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChocolate Calcite is a trade/color name for brown to dark honey calcite, CaCO₃. It crystallizes in the trigonal system and retains calcite's perfect rhombohedral cleavage and strong...
Chlorite on Quartz
Chlorite on QuartzSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChlorite on Quartz consists of quartz crystals whose exterior surfaces became coated by chlorite-group minerals after or during late stages of quartz growth. Quartz is silicon...
Chlorite on Quartz
Chlorite on QuartzSCIENCE / MINERALOGYChlorite on Quartz consists of quartz crystals whose exterior surfaces became coated by chlorite-group minerals after or during late stages of quartz growth. Quartz is silicon...