Is it possible for you to make a list of as many gems named after animals as you can? I'm having trouble finding a good list. Thank you!
Sure! Here’s what I could find
Abalone
Adder Stone
Ammolite/Ammonite
Ant Hill Garnet
Bluebird (Azurite-Cuprite)
Bumblebee (Jasper or Agate)*
Cat’s Eye (Actinolite, Chrysoberyl, Tourmaline, Sapphire, Apatite, Ruby, Scapolite, Spinel, Opal, Emerald, Iolite/cordierite, Aquamarine, Enstatite, Andalusite, Moonstone, Tanzanite, Quartz**, etc.)
Chicken-Blood Stone
Crab Fire Agate
Crinoidal Limestone
Coral
Dalmatine/Dalmatian Jasper*
Dogtooth Spar/Calcite
Ducktownite
Elephant Skin Jasper/Cobra Jasper*
Fossil Coral/Agatized Coral
Fossilized Sand Dollar
Goosecreekite (Indirectly)
Hawk’s Eye
Iron Zebra Jasper
Koi Jasper
King Cobra Jasper
Leopardskin Jasper/Jaguar Jasper/Leopard Jasper (May also be called Leopard Stone)
Leopardite
Lionskin (Stone or Jasper*)
Lizardite
Lizard Stone Jasper
Ox’s Eye (Red variant of Tiger’s Eye. Also known as Bull’s Eye)
Oregon Snakeskin Agate
Parrot Wing Chrysocolla
Pāua Shell
Peacock Ore/Bornite
Piranha Agate
Ram’s Horn Gypsum
Salmon Calcite
Serpentine
Snake Dragon Jade
Snakeskin Agate
Snakeskin Jasper
Shell
Spiderman Jasper
Tiger’s Eye
Tiger Iron
Tiger Jasper
Turritella Agate
Wulfenite (Sorta?)
Zebradorite
Zebra Marble/Stone
Zebra Jasper
Also noteworthy, is the post on gemstones as they relate to animals that we shared. There’s also Gembone, which are fossilized dinosaur bones that fossilized with precious minerals. Some sellers refer to it as Agatized Dinosaur Bone when it’s fossilized with agate, so I imagine that fills your criteria as well.There’s also Dragon’s Blood Jasper and Dragon’s Breath Opal, but I don’t know if mythical creatures count.
* - Misnomers, not truly in the quartz family. So some forsake the Jasper/Agate part of the name and just use the first word, sometimes adding ‘stone’ after instead.** - Lots of other varieties exist that display the chatoyant cat’s eye effect
- Mod Sapphire ❤
I keep running into names, trade names, and nicknames for gems and minerals that relate to animals a lot and have updated this previous ask over time. So I figure I would reblog this for the updates as well as for anyone new or in need of inspiration~
- Mod Sapphire ❤


















