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Sardonyx stone
Sardonyx is a composition of the stones sard and onyx. Both names result in a three-coloured appearance: white (light blue), red (brown) and black. There are no synonyms for sardonyx. It is only...
Schneequarz
Schneequarz wird nach seiner reinen, schneeweißen Farbe benannt. Schneequarz bezeichnet ausschlie ßlich wei ßen derben Quarz. Vorkommen gibt es auf der ganzen Welt, weil im Prinzip jeder...
Serpentine
Serpentine comes from the Latin "serpens = snake", after the snakeskin-like appearance and the former effect against snake venom. There are countless synonyms. Serpentine is a mineral group...
Smoky quartz
Smoky quartz got its name because of its brown colour. It was misleadingly called smoky topaz in the 18th century. Synonyms for smoky quartz are cairngorm and pseudotopa. It is found in fissures...
Snow Quartz
Snow quartz is named after its pure, snow-white colour. Snow quartz refers exclusively to white, coarse quartz. It occurs all over the world, because in principle every snow-white quartz pebble is...
Sonnenstein
Der Name Sonnenstein (auch Aventurin-Feldspat genannt) bezeichnet kupfer- bis goldfarben glitzernde Feldspäte, und bezieht sich nur auf das funkelnde Aussehen. Synonyme sind...
Star agate
Australian amulet stone one of our favourite stones also called Sternachat our amulet stones come from the east coast of Australia
Staurolite
Staurolite means cross stone (Greek stauros=cross, lithos=stone) and denoted several minerals with cross-shaped twin formations or drawings. Synonyms are granatite, nordmarkite or fairy stone. It...
Staurolith
Staurolith bedeutet Kreuzstein (griech. stauros=Kreuz, lithos=Stein) und bezeichnete mehrere Mineralien mit kreuzförmigen Zwillingsbildungen oder Zeichnungen. Synonyme sind Granatit, Nordmarkit...
Sternachat
Australischer Amulettstein einer unserer Lieblingssteine auch Sternachat genannt unsere Amulettsteine kommen von der Ostküste Australiens
Stilbit stone
Stilbit means as much as shiny stone Stilbit is found in Alaska, Kazakhstan and Australia.
Strawberry Quartz
The name Strawberry Quartz comes from South Africa and is a pale pink and opaque quartz. This stone is very unknown and therefore has no mineralogical name. The best known finding place is in...
Stromatolite
Stromatolite means from the Greek flowing stone Stromatolite is mostly found in the USA and Bolivia
Sugilith Beschreibung Bedeutung Wirkung
Sugilith Sugilith wurde in einem Artikel (1976) des japanischen Mineralogical Journal beschrieben. Der Stein Sugilith ist nach dem Mineralogen Dr. Kenichi Sugi benannt worden, weil er das...
Sugilith Description Meaning Effect
sugilite Sugilith was described in an article (1976) in the Japanese Mineralogical Journal. Only in the Wessels Mine in the Kalahari Desert, Northern Cape Province/South Africa are larger...