Point your camera at a crystal, gemstone or rock. Crystal Identifier tells you what it is, how hard it is and what it gets mistaken for, then saves it to your collection.
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We ran this photo of raw rose quartz through the identifier. Here's what came back, trimmed to fit.
Quartz · SiO₂
Rose Quartz
CommonOften confused with
How to confirm it
Traditional meaning
Universal love and peace
Snap a raw chunk, a tumbled stone or a ring. You get the name, chemical formula, rarity and hardness, plus the stones it's often confused with.
Chat about the crystal you just scanned. How to clean it, whether it's safe in water, where it's mined and what drives its price.
Every scan is saved with its photo. Search your stones, mark favorites and see which families your collection is made of.
Scan a stone, read its report, ask follow-up questions and keep every crystal in one collection.
The free web identifier gives you one scan a day, no sign-up. Upload a photo and get the name, formula, hardness and look-alikes.
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Hardness tells you more than color ever will. Quartz, at 7, scratches glass. Anything a steel knife can scratch is 5.5 or softer.
How to identify a stone at home, and how to spot glass, dye and other fakes before you buy.
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Color is the least reliable clue. Luster, crystal shape, hardness, streak and weight narrow most stones down to one or two candidates.
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Most fake crystals are glass, resin, dyed stones or heat-treated quartz. Temperature, bubbles, hardness, color and price give most of them away.
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Natural amethyst is rarely one even shade of purple. Color zoning, inclusions and a quick scratch test separate it from glass and dyed quartz.
Scan them all in the app and build a collection you can actually search.
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