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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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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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cabochon cut lepidolite

lepidolite

Its name comes from the Greek “lepidos” for scale and “lithos” meaning stone, meaning a stone formed of scales stacked in staircase shape. Discovered in Moravia, Czech Republic, it is very close to another mica called muscovite, and for some it is not really a

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imperial jade from Burma cut in cabochon

jade

In the nineteenth century, it was shown that the so-called “jade” actually consisted of two distinct minerals: The “Jadeite”, of the pyroxene family, is the hardest and most rare, it has a crystalline sound, its color varies from white to dark green, even lavender. The

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faceted hematite

hematite

It is also called blood or blood stone and his name probably comes from the fact that it turns blood red the cooling water when it is cut (from the Greek “haimatos” for blood). Note however a false-English friend: “bloodstone”, this English name is referred

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hessonite garnet from Sri Lanka

grossular

Its name recalls the color of the gooseberry. Hessonite variety: it is the most renowned, also known as cinnamon stone or garnet hyacinth, name not to be used, it is a variety of grossular of dark orange color. Tsavorite: variety of grossular going from green

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