Properties & Information

Ametrine

Ametrine

AmetrineSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmetrine is a natural bicolored quartz variety containing zones of purple amethyst and yellow-to-orange citrine in the same crystal. Both colors are produced by different oxidation states and...

Ametrine

AmetrineSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmetrine is a natural bicolored quartz variety containing zones of purple amethyst and yellow-to-orange citrine in the same crystal. Both colors are produced by different oxidation states and...

Amegreen

Amegreen

AmegreenSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmegreen is a trade name used for mixed quartz material displaying purple amethyst, green quartz commonly marketed as prasiolite, and clear or milky quartz. It is therefore not...

Amegreen

AmegreenSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmegreen is a trade name used for mixed quartz material displaying purple amethyst, green quartz commonly marketed as prasiolite, and clear or milky quartz. It is therefore not...

Amblygonite

Amblygonite

AmblygoniteSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmblygonite is a lithium-aluminum phosphate mineral in a solid-solution series with montebrasite. The simplified formula is (Li,Na)AlPO₄(F,OH), with amblygonite representing the more fluorine-rich side and montebrasite the more...

Amblygonite

AmblygoniteSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmblygonite is a lithium-aluminum phosphate mineral in a solid-solution series with montebrasite. The simplified formula is (Li,Na)AlPO₄(F,OH), with amblygonite representing the more fluorine-rich side and montebrasite the more...

Amber Calcite

Amber Calcite

Amber CalciteSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmber Calcite is a color-based trade name for honey- to amber-colored calcite, CaCO₃. Calcite crystallizes in the trigonal system, has perfect rhombohedral cleavage, strong double refraction in...

Amber Calcite

Amber CalciteSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmber Calcite is a color-based trade name for honey- to amber-colored calcite, CaCO₃. Calcite crystallizes in the trigonal system, has perfect rhombohedral cleavage, strong double refraction in...

Allophane

Allophane

AllophaneSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAllophane is a poorly crystalline to amorphous hydrous aluminum silicate rather than a conventionally well-ordered crystal mineral. Its composition is variable, and it commonly occurs as earthy, waxy,...

Allophane

AllophaneSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAllophane is a poorly crystalline to amorphous hydrous aluminum silicate rather than a conventionally well-ordered crystal mineral. Its composition is variable, and it commonly occurs as earthy, waxy,...

Amber

Amber

AmberSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmber is fossilized tree resin, an organic gem material rather than a mineral because it lacks a fixed crystalline structure and uniform chemical formula. It is composed primarily...

Amber

AmberSCIENCE / MINERALOGYAmber is fossilized tree resin, an organic gem material rather than a mineral because it lacks a fixed crystalline structure and uniform chemical formula. It is composed primarily...