Here are listed all brown or brown colored stones such as Brown Jasper, Stromatolite, Septaria, Fossil Wood, Moquis-balls, Aragonite, Andalusite or Chiastolite, Staurolite or Staurodite...
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Jasper (Variety of Chalcedony).
Etymology:
From Greek and Latin iaspis.
Group, Family:
Quartz family (Microcrystalline / Cryptocrystalline), Ch...
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Zircon.
Etymology:
Zircon: From cerkonier, a term used by German jewelers, which later became cirkon, then zirkon (Werner, 1783) | Hyacinth: From Latin hy...
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Pineapples.
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From the Greek “pyros” meaning “fire” and “boji” meaning “heavenly”.
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Family of marcasite pyrites ....
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Topaz: Imperial topaz, Sherry topaz.
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Topaz: From the name of the island of Topasos, in the Red Sea (Boodt, 1636).
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Colorless, ...
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Astrophyllite.
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From the Greek άστρον ("astron") to "star" and φύλλον ("phyllon") to "leaf", alluding to its habit of star-shaped vaporizati...
Moqui Balls
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Moqui balls (Mochi) - So-called shaman's stone from Arizona. Mainly made of iron and sandstone, round, ball-shaped stones, brown in color, they contain c...
