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Rock Identify

Encyclopedia

234 rocks, minerals, gems and fossils, each with its photographs, how to tell it apart, and what it has meant to people.

Often openedAmethystObsidianRose quartzTurquoiseMoonstoneOpal

234 specimens6 groups15 meanings

Stone of the dayEudialyteLove · SpiritEudialyte is a complex silicate that can give alkaline rocks streaks and masses of rose red. It belongs to a group of similar minerals, so a red specimen photograph may need a broader group label.Read about itkevinzim · CC BY 2.0

By group

By occasion

A birthday, an anniversary

The stones that lists and traditions have attached to a month or a year of marriage.

Birthstones of the month

    By meaning

    What people have asked stones to stand for

    Each word gathers the stones whose folklore records it; the stories are in the articles.

    The collection

    Gemstones

    82 specimens shown