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Halite (rock salt)

It can be assumed that halite has a connection with the sea because salt is extracted from the sea. The Greek word "hals" = salt is derived from "halos" = sea. Synonyms for halite are rock salt,...

Halite (rock salt)

Hämatit bedeutet Blutstein (griechisch: haemateios = blutig). Diese Bedeutung bekam dieser Stein, weil er das Schleifwasser rot einfärbt, und er seit Jahrtausenden zur Blutstillung und...

Hawkeye

Hawkeye got its name in the 19th century because of its fibrous structure, which in the right cut produces a wavy shimmer of light reminiscent of animal eyes. Synonyms are Cat's Eye Quartz and...

Heliotrop

Der Name Heliotrop bedeutet "Sonnnwendstein", (griechisch: heliou tropai=Sonnenwende). Er wird auch oft Blutstein oder Blutjaspis genannt. Heliotrop ist ein grüner, feinkörnig-faseriger Quarz mit...

Heliotrope

The name heliotrope means "solstice stone", (Greek: heliou tropai=solstice). It is also often called bloodstone or blood jasper. Heliotrope is a green, fine-grained fibrous quartz with red iron...

Hematite

Hematite means bloodstone (Greek: haemateios = bloody). This stone got this meaning because it colours the grinding water red and has been used for thousands of years to stop bleeding and heal...

Howlite

Howlite was named after the Canadian mineralogist H.How, and is a very rare mineral. Howlite is a calcium borosilicate, and synonyms for it are khaulite and silicoboroalcite. The only...

Howlith

Howlith wurde nach dem kanadischen Mineralogen H.How benannt, und ist ein sehr seltenes Mineral. Howlith ist ein Calcium-Borsilikat, und Synonyme für ihn sind Khaulit und Silicoboroalcit....

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