NEED HELP Identifying Crystals/Stones

Post by **MistressOfTheMoon** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:27 pm

I am currently collecting stones for future use in spellwork and healing. The good news is that I found a store that sells a lot of them (cut and polished). The bad news is that not even the owner remembers what most of them are! So I took the trouble of identifying them myself using the internet and The Crystal Bible Volume 2 by Judy Hall (still looking for Volume 1 since all the bookstores in my city are out of them). It's really fun but I need some help in identifying them.

These are some of the stones I recently purchased and identified. Could anyone confirm them or correct me if I'm wrong?

I will post more photos from my collection in the future. But for now, here are 5.

1. Onyx (black and white Chalcedony)
2. UNKNOWN STONE (Not Sardonyx as I have learned). Sardonyx is supposed to look like #1 except it has a red/orange color with white, linear bands.
3. Chinese Pietersite

Post by **MistressOfTheMoon** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:28 pm

4. Botswana Agate
5. Tree Agate

Post by **drago25** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:39 pm

5th one looks more like tree agate then moss agate, most of the others dont even show up in my books other then the black and white ones as snowflake obsidian which 1 might be, some are hard to tell by pictures alone

Post by **MistressOfTheMoon** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:52 pm

drago25 wrote:5th one looks more like tree agate then moss agate, most of the others dont even show up in my books other then the black and white ones as snowflake obsidian which 1 might be, some are hard to tell by pictures alone

Yep you are right with the tree agate

I will make the corrections. I just wasn't able to update this thread. I have a snowflake obsidian and it's different from #1. I'm certain that #1 is onyx after looking up crystal properties/photos online.

Thanks for the help buddy! May I know what book you have? I only have Judy Hall's Crystal Bible Vol. 2. Everything else that isn't on the book, I look up on the internet.

May the Spirit bless you.

Post by **Jade Rose** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:57 am

Have you found out what number 2 is? Could it be amber? The little black dots made me think so but the amber I do have is more orange-ish.

I've some similar to the stone on the right side of number 4 but a slightly richer brown, but I always thought they were tigereye. Oops.

Post by **MistressOfTheMoon** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:43 pm

Jade Rose wrote:Have you found out what number 2 is? Could it be amber? The little black dots made me think so but the amber I do have is more orange-ish.

I've some similar to the stone on the right side of number 4 but a slightly richer brown, but I always thought they were tigereye. Oops.

Hi Jade Rose

Number 2 is not Amber. It is likely to be a Carnelian Agate (mixture of carnelian + clear chalcedony with wavy bands).

Number 4 still gets me confused. It is more likely to be Tiger's Iron though. A Tiger's Iron still has the chayotancy of a Tiger's Eye and hematite (black) plus Red Jasper

But I have a Tiger's Iron that only has the chayotant yellow on a black background.

Post by **MistressOfTheMoon** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:54 pm

*I am going to edit this post soon including crystals I've identified

There are so many of them!

Post by **drago25** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:45 am

lilgeekess wrote:
drago25 wrote:5th one looks more like tree agate then moss agate, most of the others dont even show up in my books other then the black and white ones as snowflake obsidian which 1 might be, some are hard to tell by pictures alone
Yep you are right with the tree agate I will make the corrections. I just wasn't able to update this thread. I have a snowflake obsidian and it's different from #1. I'm certain that #1 is onyx after looking up crystal properties/photos online.

Thanks for the help buddy! May I know what book you have? I only have Judy Hall's Crystal Bible Vol. 2. Everything else that isn't on the book, I look up on the internet.

May the Spirit bless you.

sorry about the long dely on my reply i have the complete crystal handbook by cassandra eason though it doesn't have all the crystals in it i noticed that it is missing some crystals

Post by **MistressOfTheMoon** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:18 am

drago25 wrote:
lilgeekess wrote:
drago25 wrote:5th one looks more like tree agate then moss agate, most of the others dont even show up in my books other then the black and white ones as snowflake obsidian which 1 might be, some are hard to tell by pictures alone
Yep you are right with the tree agate I will make the corrections. I just wasn't able to update this thread. I have a snowflake obsidian and it's different from #1. I'm certain that #1 is onyx after looking up crystal properties/photos online.

Thanks for the help buddy! May I know what book you have? I only have Judy Hall's Crystal Bible Vol. 2. Everything else that isn't on the book, I look up on the internet.

May the Spirit bless you.
sorry about the long dely on my reply i have the complete crystal handbook by cassandra eason though it doesn't have all the crystals in it i noticed that it is missing some crystals

It's okay

I've had a lot identified lately thanks to the internet! Haha. I posted another thread somewhere here including my named crystals. If you think I'm wrong with some of them, please feel free to let me know!

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Post by **Isis3Anubis** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:44 am

1. Is onyx. 2.fire agate. 3.tigers iron which is tigers eye with hematite and jasper.

Post by **MistressOfTheMoon** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:09 am

Isis3Anubis wrote:1. Is onyx. 2.fire agate. 3.tigers iron which is tigers eye with hematite and jasper.

Thank you for the input! Yeah I've realized that 1 really is onyx, 2 is still a mystery but it's definitely Agate, and 3 yeah makes sense. It was one of my ideas of what it was

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