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Tumbled Stones Trade Names

When I first set off on my gemstone/tumble stone adventure I was very surprised at all the different names associated with tumble stones it became apparent to me over time how many tumble stones there were that had a different name for the same stone! So to help you learn your tumble stones a lot easier then I did I have decided to list all the most common tumble stones along with their real name and their trade/false name.
This is not a complete list by any means as it would be impossible to do that but I have included as many tumble stones as possible.


Tumble stone Name Trade Name/False

Alabaster Onyx
Banded travertine or stalagmatic calcite. 

Adelaide Ruby
Almandite or garnet from Adelaide, Australia. 

Alaska Black diamond
Hematite 

African emerald
Green fluorite from Namibia. 

African jade
Green grossular garnet. 

African Turquoise
Jasper from Africa 

Alabandine ruby
Almandine garnet. 

Alaska Diamond
Rock Crystal (Quartz) 

Alaska jade
Pectolite.

Alexandrine
Synthetic corundum or spinel 

Alexandrite garnet
Color change garnet. 

Almandine spinel
Lab grown spinel. 

Amazon jade
Amazonite 

Amberine
Yellow green moss agate. 

American Jade
Green idocrase
American Ruby
Pyrope or almandite(Garnet) or rose quartz 

Ancona ruby
Rose quartz. 

Aqua gem
Light blue synthetic spinel 

Aqualite 
Blue tourmaline

Arizona Ruby
Pyrope (garnet) 

Arizona Spinel
Red or Green garnet 

Arkansas diamond 
Rock Crystal (Quartz) 

Australian amber
Kauri resin. 

Australian ruby 
Garnet. 

Beach moonstone
Quartz. 

Black amber 
Jet 

Blue Alexandrite 
Color change sapphire 

Blue malachite 
Azurite. 

Blue moonstone 
Artificially blue tinted chalcedony


Blue opal 
Lazulite. 

Brazilian aquamarine 
Blue green topaz 

Brazilian ruby 
Red topaz 

Chinese turquoise 
Calcite/quartz/blue dyed soapstone. 

Copper emerald 
Dioptase. 

Emerald malachite 
Green fluorspar. 

Garnet jade 
Massive green grossular garnet. 

Glass agate 
Obsidian. 

Gold Topaz 
Citrine (quartz) 



Goldstone 
Glass with copper 

Green garnet 
Enstatite 

Green onyx
Chalcedony 

Herkimer diamond 
Quartz. 

Howlite Turquoise 
Howlite dyed blue 

Iceland agate 
Agate 

Imperial Mexican jade
Green dyed calcite. 

Indian Jade 
Aventurine (quartz) 

Indian topaz 
Yellow sapphire. 

Jasper jade 
Green jasper or serpentine. 



Quartz Cherry 
Glass 

Mexican agate/jade/onyx 
Massive/banded calcite. 

Nevada topaz 
Smoky obsidian. 

New jade 
Serpentine

Orange topaz 
Yellow quartz. 

Opalite 
Glass 

Pink moonstone 
Opalescent pink scapolite. 

Quartz topaz 
Citrine. 

Rhyolite glass 
Obsidian. 



Rock ruby 
Pyrope garnet. 

Rose kunzite 
Synthetic pink sapphire. 

Ruby spinel 
Red spinel. 

Sapphire quartz 
Blue chalcedony, or hawk's eye quartz. 

Serpentine jade 
Bowenite. 

Smoky Citrine 
Smoky Quartz. 

Smoky topaz 
Smoky Quartz. 

Topaz quartz 
Brownish yellow quartz. 

Tourmaline green 
Synthetic dark green spinel. 



Verdelite 
Green tourmaline. 

Water sapphire 
Cordierite. 

White garnet 
Leucite. 

Zebra jasper 
Limonite 

Zircon spinel 
Synthetic blue spinel.

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