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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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epidote from Pakistan

epidote

Its name comes from the Greek “epidosis” for generous, that lives largely, referring to its crystalline form, which is a juxtaposition of numerous slender prisms. Its former name, pistachite, was referring to its color. There are several varieties: The variety clinozoisite, is a dimorph of

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orange enstatite of Africa oval cut

enstatite

Being difficult to melt, it was awarded the name of Greek word meaning “resistant” without really understanding why. The more it contains iron, more the color becomes dark and black. The more its iron content increases, more its density increases. The enstatite forms an isomorphous

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oval cut dolomite from Brazil

dolomite

Identified by de Saussure in 1792, its name honors the French mineralogist Dolomieu. Very common mineral, especially as gangue in the ore deposits. Not to be confused with dolostone which is a rock composed of dolomite.

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yellow green diopside from Sri Lanka cushion cut

diopside

Its name comes from the Greek, “two” and “appearance” because of the double surface appearance of the prism when it is crystallized. Diopside is also “starred”, “shimmering” and the chromite variety, gemstone essentially coming from Russia, is emerald green. A deposit in Piedmont( Italy )

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