General information about the minerals
in this stone-encyclopedia
All stones included in this encyclopedia can be bought in our shop, if they are not available in the online shop – whether they are in crystalline, tumbled or rubbed (e.g. pendants, necklaces etc.) form.
Concerning the origin only the main mining regions are listed in our encyclopedia.
The colour specifications vary with the origin of the minerals.
Degrees of hardness
The hardness of minerals relays on the hardness test from Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839), which is used primarily in the mineralogy. Mohs, a geologist, scratched different minerals at each other and sorted them according to their hardness. By assigning exemplary numerical values to wide-spread and thus easily accessible minerals, an ordinal scale resulted, named the Mohs scale, which is often used in mineralogy and geology.
Stones which are not suitable for water treatment because of their chemical composition:
Azurite, Chrysocolla, Dioptase, Dysthen, Galena, Hematite, Copper, Lepidolite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite (dissolves), Tiger Iron, Turquoise, Cinnabar
General information about the stones and minerals listed here.
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Mineral hardness (Mohs)
Stone: Talcum
Type of testing: can be scraped with the fingernail
Information on hardness of minerals are always using the Mohs scale, unless nothing else is specified.