Rock & Mineral Encyclopedia

Search and identify 1,000+ rocks, minerals, crystals, and gemstones — with properties, formation, colors, hardness, and how to tell them apart.

Sonoran Sunset Jasper

A vivid copper-bearing Mexican stone of red cuprite and green chrysocolla that evokes a desert sunset.

An orbicular Madagascar jasper related to ocean jasper, showing eyes and swirls in cream, green, and earthy tones.

A prized Mexican jasper known for pastel green, lavender, and cream orbicular patterns that take an exceptional polish.

An opaque blue variety of chalcedony jasper, less common than red or green forms, colored by mineral inclusions.

A rare, prized Oregon picture jasper known for blue-green orbs and scenic patterns, often called the king of jaspers.

Also called Sci-Fi Jasper, a Mexican jasper-rhyolite with swirling abstract patterns in cream, tan, gray, pink, and green.

A vivid blue-green hydrated copper silicate, soft on its own but prized as a gem when hardened by intergrown quartz or chalcedony.

A naturally blue quartz colored by tiny mineral inclusions such as dumortierite or scattered rutile and tourmaline fibers.

Rose quartz that displays a six-rayed star (asterism) when cut as a cabochon, caused by microscopic rutile-like inclusions.