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Agate

 AGATE – Atlantis Institute Crystals Encyclopedia

Origin 

Agate is a crystal of primary formation, meaning it was formed from molten magma. This usually happens in cavities in volcanoes where the combination of chemistry and structural arrangements of mineral deposits, atoms and substances pass from gas or liquid into a solid state or by means of going out of solution by preci

Clear Quartz

  Origin The word “quartz” comes from the German “Quarz” which is a Slavic origin. Quartz is regarded as the mystical substance maban in Australian Aboriginal mythology. The crystal c

Oolite

Selenite (Gypsum)

Selenite - International Crystals Encyclopedia https://www.atlantisinstitute.org/ 
 
 
Origin - the place or situation from which something comes, the beginning of something’s existence, the point from which it starts out, the thing f

Tree Agate

                                                          Jade

  Origin Jade or Nephrite derives its name from the Greek word “nephro

Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli - International Crystals Encyclopedia https://www.atlantisinstitute.org/ 
 
 
Origin - the place or situation from which something comes, the beginning of something’s existence, the point from which it starts out, the thi

Mookaite

Mookaite - International Crystals Encyclopedia https://www.atlantisinstitute.org/  
 
 
Origin - the place or situation from which something comes, the beginning of something’s existence, the point from which it starts out, the thi

Moonstone

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Origin - the place or situation from which something comes, the beginning of something’s existence, the point from which it starts out, the th

Moss Agate

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Origin - the place or situation from which something comes, the beginning of something’s existence, the point from which it starts out, the thing

Dolomite

  Origin Dolomite derives its name after the French mineralogist Deodat de Dolomieu. Dolomite can be found in Algeria,Brazil,Switzerland,Namibia,Spain,Great Britain,India,Mexico,Italy,Australia and in the United States. Dolomite is

Anhydrite

Anhydrite - Atlantis Institute Crystals Encyclopedia

Anhydrite - This is our research and findings into this mineral, also known as Angelite

Origin

Anhydrite is a soft blue sulfate mineral. Sulfides have a sulfur atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms that form a square. Gypsum and Baryte are the main Sulfide types, but the rest are increasingly rare, including Anhydrite. When Gypsum loses water, it turns into anhydrite. Anhydrite is usually a colourless brown crys

Apophyllite

Apophyllite - Green – Atlantis Institute Crystals Encyclopedia

Origin

Apophyllite is a water-containing sheet silicate, and the name refers to a specific group of phyllosilicates.

The group name originally referred to a single mineral; however, in 1978, it was changed to represent a class of minerals that contain a similar chem

Aragonite

Aragonite – Atlantis Institute Crystal Encyclopedia

Origin

Aragonite is a carbonate mineral that is a naturally occurring crystal form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. It forms from both physical and biological processes, including precipitation from freshwater and seawater environments.

Aragonite is a secondary formation has a di