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shungite from Russia cut in cabochon

shungite

This is a carbon compound, formed from plankton fossils dating back 2 billion years. It is composed of assemblies of carbon atoms (60 to 70) in the form of football ball, called fullerenes. Its name comes from the region where it is extracted, “shunga” in

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serendibite from Mogok in Burma

serendibite

Discovered in Sri Lanka in 1902, its name comes from “Serendib” the name of Sri Lanka in Arabic. Usually of a color without interest or very dark brown, there is anyways a variety of a beautiful light blue color.

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scorodite cut in cabochon

scorodite

Discovered in 1818, it was named after the Greek “skorodon” meaning garlic because when heated it gives off the odor of arsenic close to that of garlic.

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blue sapphire from Sri Lanka cushion cut

sapphire

Its name comes from the Hebrew “Sappir” which referred for a long time the blue gems, the “most beautiful things”. By 1800, it was shown that the ruby and sapphire were only varieties of the same mineral, corundum. Currently, sapphire corresponds to all the blue

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rubies from Sri lanka oval cut

ruby

Its name comes from the Latin “rubeus” or “ruber” meaning red. Ruby is the name of the true red variety of a mineral, Corundum, which itself can be of all the other colors under the name of sapphire, except for the red which is reserved

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crocidolite hawk’s eye

compact quartz

This group includes compact quartz containing inclusions of another mineral which determines the appearance and color. Tiger’s Eye and Hawk Eye: The name comes from the fact that the polished cabochons show a light stripe evoking the split pupil of a tiger, the second name

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