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Rock Photo Glossary Many of the written descriptions used with the photos below are borrowed or paraphrased closely from Agate Ajoite Amazonite Anyolite (a.k.a. Ruby Zoisite) Amethyst Apache Tears Apatite Aquamarine Aragonite Aurichalcite Aventurine Azurite Basalt Beryl Bloodstone Bornite (also called Peacock Ore) Calcite Carnelian Celestine Chalcopyrite (Peacock Ore) Chrysocolla Chrysoprase Citrine Copper Coprolites Corundum\Ruby Cotswold Stone Crazy Lace Agate Cyanotrichite Dead Sea rock (travertine?) Desert Rose (Gypsum & Barite Rosette) Dolomite Dyscrasite Emerald Quartz (prasiolite, vermarine) Flint Fluorite Fossils Fuchsite Galena Geode Gneiss Granite Gypsum Rosette Heliotrope Hematite Heulandite Howilite Hubnerite Jadeite Jarosite Jasper Kroehnkite Kyanite Labradorite Lapis Lazuli Laterite Limestone Londonite Magnesite Malachite Marble Marcasite Meteorite Mexican Fire Agate Moss Agate Mozarkite Obsidian Onyx Opal Petrified Wood Picture Jasper Porphyry Pumice Pyrite (Fools Gold) Quartz Quartzite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Rhyolite River Rock Rose Quartz Rose Rock Sandstone Sapphire Satin Spar Gypsum Selenite Crystals Serpentinite (a.k.a Seperntine) Shale Shist Shiva Lingam Siderite Silk Agate Sodalite Specularite Sphalerite Star Mica Stibnite Stichtite Tektites Tiger's Eye Tourmaline Turquoise Unakite Vesuvianite Return to Previous Page Back to Michael's Hobbies page Back to Michael Marcotte's HomePage