Quartz January 2022What is Quartz Quartz is a chemical compound known as silicon dioxide. Quartz primarily comes from molten magma but it also is found in metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. As magma...
Serpentine January 2022What is Serpentine Serpentine forms when ultramafic rocks, such as peridot and dunite, undergo hydrothermal metamorphism. Ultramafic rocks are rare at the Earth's surface, but abundant at the oceanic moho...
Carnelian January 2022What is Carnelian Carnelian is a variety of Agate. It is colored by iron oxide. The color can very greatly, ranging from pale orange to a deep, almost black red....
Rose Quartz January 2022What is Rose Quartz Rose Quartz is Quartz with inclusions of a pink variety of the mineral dumortierite. When these two crystalize together it produces the Rose Quartz we love...
Agate January 2022What is Agate Agate consists of Chalcedony and Quartz and develop in a variety of colors. They primarily form within pre-existing rock; usually volcanic and metamorphic rocks. Agates are most commonly...
Moss Agate January 2022What is Moss Agate Moss Agate is formed from silicon dioxide and is a form of chalcedony. It includes intrusions of minerals of a green color embedded into the stone,...
