What is another name for a stone?

Each of the stones existing today received its name from a person. Sometimes minerals have rather unusual names. The names of the stones are invented based on their appearance – color, hardness, shape and other similar factors. Often the stone gets its name in the area where it was first found or described. There are often cases when the same stone has completely different names. People who do not have specialized knowledge in mineralogy and stone sellers contribute here. Confusion may also arise due to the fact that there are many breeds that, due to certain circumstances, change their color. Here only special tests and equipment can come to the rescue. Most of the well-known stones received their names in ancient times – at a time when the science of minerals did not yet exist. Previously, any beautiful stone was called “garnet”. Traders gave this stone the name “Cape ruby.” A brilliant green garnet, which was found in the Urals more than a century ago, was then called “peridot”. But for mineral sellers, this turned out to be dissonant. They called this stone “peridot”. Newly discovered minerals are named in different ways, this is, as before, the color or area where the stone was found, but there is also a tradition of giving a name in honor of someone: in honor of a scientist (Lomonosovite, Fersmanite), or based on their chemical composition. In general, there is more pragmatism – less and less romance. However, here we are talking about recently discovered ones, and most of them can only be seen by specialists under a microscope.

Stones in alphabetical order

Stones by color

The names of stones used by jewelers were given primarily by their shade. The hardness of the stone is also of great importance. In order to designate one of the types of corundum (the mineral is close in hardness to diamond), the term “oriental” was used. The hardness of this stone is similar to diamond. “Brazilian” was the name given to those samples of real topaz that were imported from Brazil. Almost all red minerals were called “rubies.” However, this term is applicable only to expensive varieties of corundum, made in red. Balas ruby ​​can be found in the mines of Burma. After certain procedures, such a mineral begins to resemble a true ruby. When they say the word “sapphire,” they certainly mean a blue stone. Previously, this term was applied to all types of precious corundum, including ruby. Today, when jewelers pronounce the word “sapphire,” they mean a stone of pleasant green, yellow, white and pink shades. The blue tourmaline stone received the second name of the Brazilian sapphire. Cordierite and topaz are also called water sapphire. “Topaz” was the name given to all yellow stones. Moreover, these were yellow topazes and citrine. However, if they meant topaz, they also pronounced the word “Brazilian”. Stones made in a green tint were called “emeralds”. This was originally the name of chrysocolla. This stone is green in color and opaque. A little later, an expensive variety of beryl received the same name. This breed has a special greenish tint. Oriental emerald is called green cordun. In the 18th century, the Brazilian emerald was a green tourmaline that just appeared in Europe and almost immediately gained popularity. They tried to call the green garnet, which was found in the region of the Ural Mountains, “Ural emerald”. This rock was also called chrysolite. African or Brazilian emerald refers to minerals mined in Africa and Brazil. Purple quartz, which has high aesthetic characteristics, is called amethyst. But when they say the word “eastern violet quartz,” they already mean violet corundum. All stones that had no color and emitted a pleasant shine were called “diamonds.” Colorless topaz is a Saxon rock, and colorless zircon is a Ceylon mineral. Rock crystal is a Bristol diamond and other similar types of minerals. Siamese aquamarine is a green-toned spinel, while oriental aquamarine is a green-toned corundum. Many of these names are still widely used today. Zircon that has a reddish-brown hue is called “hyacinth.” However, this is often the name given to garnets of a similar shade. Corundum, which is reddish-brown in color, is called oriental hyacinth. There is also confusion with “peridot”. This word is synonymous with “olivine”. However, many people use this name in cases where they mean a rock such as chrysoberyl. Corundum, made in a green-yellowish tint, is chrysolite from the East. However, chrysoberyl, which has a similar color, is also called. Topaz is called Saxon peridot, beryl is called aquamarine peridot, and chrysoberyl is peridot from Brazil. Jade, as well as jadeite, was called “jade”. This is also the name given to other rocks – idocrase and garnet. Considering all the facts stated above, it becomes clear that the popular names of many stones add confusion to the official classification. Therefore, it is important to take into account only the information that is presented in official documents about the stone. Hello! My name is Lampobot, I am a computer program that helps you make Word Maps. I can count perfectly, but I still don’t understand very well how your world works. Help me figure it out! Thank you! I began to understand the world of emotions a little better. Question: pharmaceutical industry – is it something neutral, positive or negative? Neutral
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Related words and expressions

• small stones, large stone, fragment of stone, small stone, fragment of stone, broken stone, sharp stone, piles of stones, small stone, pile of stones
• small stones, small pebble, small crushed stone, small pebbles, small pebbles, small sand, small gravel, small debris, small crushed stone, small crumbs
• piece of brick
• tree roots
• white dust
• wide cracks
• sandy soil
• wood dust
• horse hooves
• huge boulders
• rare grass
• rock base
• broken branches
• edge of the pit
• pine needles
• last year’s foliage
• uneven ground
• low embankment
• fallen needles
• stone chips
• dry clay
• clayey soil
• ditch bottom
• dry earth
• slushy mud
• ravine slope
• heavy cobblestone

Related words (by topic)

• People: giant, traveler, jeweler, climber, sorceress
• Places: crack, cave, boulder, rock, ledge
• Items: pebble, pebble, pebble, crushed stone, pebble
• Actions: splashing, piling up, unevenness, depression, pileup
• Abstract concepts: right, thickness, octagon, abyss, height

Associations to the word “small”

Associations to the word “stone”

Sentences containing the phrase “small stones”

• Along the shore there is a strip of more than small stones, in some places they lie so tightly and are so polished on top that they form a kind of pavement.

Quotes from Russian classics with the phrase “small stones”

• Suddenly small stones rolled noisily at our feet. What is this? Grushnitsky stumbled; the branch he was clinging to broke, and he would have rolled down on his back if his seconds had not supported him.

Associations to the word “small”

• small pieces
  slight trembling
  light rain
• small beads of sweat
  small drops of rain
  with small features
• quiver
  become smaller
  tear someone into small pieces
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