Rock & Mineral Encyclopedia

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

Honey Agate

A warm golden to amber translucent chalcedony agate whose color and glow resemble honey, sometimes with banding.

A yellow to golden banded chalcedony colored by iron, ranging from natural honey tones to dyed commercial stones.

Yellow to golden volcanic glass; natural examples owe their color to iron, though much bright yellow obsidian on the market is manufactured glass.

An opaque yellow-to-golden variety of jasper, an iron-stained microcrystalline quartz prized for warm color and durable polish.

A solid jet-black chalcedony, usually a dyed and treated agate, prized for sleek polished beads, cabochons, and intaglios.

A soft peachy-orange variety of banded chalcedony, naturally iron-tinted or dyed, popular for warm-toned beads and jewelry.

A deep black variety of banded chalcedony, often closely related to or treated like onyx, used for jewelry and carvings.

A banded chalcedony agate with bold alternating dark and light stripes resembling zebra markings, sometimes color-enhanced.

A soft-toned cream-to-butterscotch jasper colored by iron oxides, prized by lapidaries for its smooth, even, opaque finish.

An opaque, often colorfully patterned variety of chalcedony quartz, popular for tumbling, carving, and jewelry.

A treated chalcedony with a network of crackled veins, usually heated and dyed in vivid colors for affordable, eye-catching beads.

A fiery jasper whose red, orange, and yellow plumes lick across the stone like flames against an earthy background.

A chalcedony agate with red, orange, and yellow plume or banding patterns that rise like dancing flames within the stone.

A rare Australian jasper from the Pilbara with bold red, yellow, and black abstract patterns, prized by collectors.