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calcite from Russia emerald cut

calcite

It is known since antiquity, its name comes from the Greek “khalx” for lime. Identified and analyzed from the seventeenth century and then by Rene-Just Haüy to its easy cleavage. Called Iceland spar, the crystals exhibit the phenomenon of double images: a feature seen through

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cabochon of carnelian mounted as breastpin

chalcedony

Chalcedony: This is a term including microcristallines and cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, which come from the Greek name of the famous city of Carthage “Karkêdon”. Extracted in Egypt and Syria, it has been used since ancient times for intaglios and cameos, an active trade with

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axinite from Brazil navette cut

axinite

It is the form of its crystals with sharp edges, ax shaped , which gave its name derived from “axinos” in Greek. It was discovered by Schreiber in France in the Massif de l’Oisans it was Romé Isle who described and identified it and René

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demantoide variety of andradite garnet from Russia, oval cut

andradite

Andradite: this variety of garnet has been described and identified by Dana, its name is a tribute to a Brazilian mineralogist Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva (1763-1838). Mélanite : black titanoan variety, its name comes from the Greek “black”. Topazolite : yellow variety of

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trillion cut amazonite from Vietnam

amazonite

This is a perthite, variety of feldspar, so called because discovered in the Amazon, but not near the Amazon River. It is part of the family of microclines. The name microcline comes from the Greek “small slope” has been given by Breithaupt in 1830 in

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aquamarine from Brazil emerald cut

aquamarine

Its name comes from the latin “aqua marina”, meaning “water of the sea”, because of its seawater color, the dark blue is the most desidered color…like the ocean! Belongs to the beryl group, same as Emerald which is a deep green beryl. Aquamarines have been

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