Kawakawa-   

  A rich green with different shades named after the Kawakawa leaf.

Most often used in carving jewellery.

Kahurangi- 

  A highly translucent, light green shade, free from dark spots and other

flaws. One of the rarest varieties, highly esteemed by the Māori.

Inanga-

      A light grey-green colour. It can be translucent or quite opaque.

          Tangiwai-

   Translucent to transparent olive green to blueish green type of serpentine, also known as bowenite. 

Totoweka- 

    A Kawakawa variety with specks of brown and red streaks

Auhunga- 

  A pale green opaque variety, given as the intermediate between Inanga and Kawakawa.

Kokopu-

  Trout stone named after the dark brown, olive green and yellow markings found on the native freshwater trout.

Raukaraka-

      A Kawakawa variety that is streaked with a shade of olive green.

Putiputi -  Flower Jade-

  Base colour is often a rich green it also has golden yellow, orange and cream colours.

Hapopo-

     Deep forest green and distinctive mottled patterns.

Takiri-   Douglas Creek

is a type of Serpentine varied colours featuring a mix of greens, blacks, whites and translucent sections

Serpentine- 

 A range of colours from greens to olive tones to yellow, brown and even red

Kahotea-

A type streaked with white.

Tahutahi- 

  Snowflake distinctive with white flecks across a deep green.