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The Crystals Catalog
Tap any crystal to read its meaning, properties, care and how to spot a fake. See the full Crystals Catalog.
Amazonite
Amethyst
Aqua Aura Quartz
Aquamarine
Aragonite
Black Tourmaline
Carnelian
Citrine
Clear Quartz
Fluorite
Garnet
Green Aventurine
Hematite
Howlite
Jade
Labradorite
Lapis Lazuli
Malachite
Moonstone
Moss Agate
Obsidian
Opal
Peridot
Pyrite
Red Jasper
Rose Quartz
Selenite
Smoky Quartz
Sodalite
Tiger's Eye
Turquoise
Latest Posts
- Crystal Gifts: Ideas by Occasion, Zodiac Sign and Intention
Crystal gift ideas by occasion, zodiac sign and intention, plus crystal gift sets, jewelry, gift-wrap and care card tips. - Rhodochrosite: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Rhodochrosite is the rose-pink manganese carbonate known for banded Inca rose from Argentina and gem crystals from Colorado. Learn its mineral facts, history, traditional love meanings, why it needs gentle care and how to tell it from rhodonite and dyed fakes. - Red Jasper: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Red jasper is opaque, iron-rich microcrystalline quartz used for amulets since ancient Egypt. Learn its real mineral facts, sources, history, traditional grounding meanings, easy care, the truth about trade-name jaspers and how to spot dyed and glass fakes. - Moss Agate: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Moss agate is clear to milky chalcedony filled with green, plant-like mineral inclusions. Learn what really forms the moss, where it is found, its history as mocha stone, traditional gardener’s-stone meanings, care tips and how to spot dyed and glass imitations. - Sodalite: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Sodalite is the royal blue, white-veined stone often mistaken for lapis lazuli. Learn its mineral facts, Canadian and Brazilian sources, glowing hackmanite, traditional meanings, gentle care and how to tell sodalite from lapis, dyed howlite and glass. - Opal: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Opal is hydrated silica whose play-of-color comes from tiny stacked spheres. Learn the main opal types, Australian and Ethiopian sources, history and superstitions, traditional meanings, how to care for it and how to spot doublets, triplets, synthetics and imitations. - Green Aventurine: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Green aventurine is quartz or quartzite that sparkles with tiny mica flakes. Learn its real mineral facts, where it comes from, how goldstone glass gave it its name, its traditional luck meanings, easy care and how to spot dyed quartz and glass imitations. - Hematite: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Hematite is the heavy, metallic iron oxide behind red ochre, Babylonian seals and the red color of Mars. Learn its mineral facts, the red streak test, history, traditional meanings, care tips and why most magnetic hematite is a manufactured imitation. - Jade: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Jade is two different minerals, nephrite and jadeite. Learn how they differ, where jade comes from, its history in China, Mesoamerica and New Zealand, its traditional meanings, how to care for it and how to spot treated jade and common imitations. - Turquoise: Meaning, Properties, Care and How to Spot a Fake
Turquoise is a porous copper aluminum phosphate prized from ancient Egypt to the American Southwest. Learn its mineral facts, sources, history, traditional meanings, gentle care, common treatments and how to spot dyed howlite and other fakes.