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oval cut peridot from Burma

peridot

Formerly this mineral was called chrysolite, although the “chrysolitus” of Pliny was probably referred to topaz, a “yellow stone”, a “golden stone”. Also called ” stones of knights ” because it would be the crusaders who brought peridot from the east to europe where it

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cut onyx

onyx

The onyx are varieties of chalcedony. Mineralogists describe them as varieties of agate. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “nail” because of the color of the loose nail. The gemologists and gem cutters talk about completely black gems or in banded layers of

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black obsidian from Ascension Island

obsidian

Its name comes, according to Pliny, from Obsidius who brought it from Ethiopia, which would have led the Romans to call it “obsidius lapis”. From the seventeenth century we find the names of hyalopsite, mountain mahogany, Iceland black agate, mirror of the Incas, gallinaceous stone

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nodule of malachite from Zaire

malachite

Described by Pliny in 77 AD., its name recalls and its fault, poor hardness “malakos” which means soft in Greek, as well as its green color “malake”, which means purple green in Greek. The Egyptians, the Greeks the Romans used it since ancient times. It

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emerald cut magnetite from Congo

magnetite

Known since antiquity, Pliny the Elder mentioned it in the year 77, it was identified in 1845 by von Haidinger. It is named after the Greek “magnes”, which means magnet, it is found on Mount Magnetos in Greece. It is a naturally magnetic iron oxide

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jet ( ignite ) Zuni fetish from United States

jet

This is an organic material, a black variety of lignite containing 70% of carbon, resulting from the coalification of wood under anaerobic conditions (without oxygen) and under strong pressure, it is a fossil gem. Its name comes from old French “jayet” or “jaiet” or the

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