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yellow datolite from Russia oval cut

datolite

Its name comes from Greek by illustrating its ability to “split” into pieces when massive datolite aggregates are broken. A rock rarely found in a gem form, it is often associated with zeolites in basalt cavities.

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cushion cut iolite from India

iolite

It was also known as “dichroïte” (because of its strong dichroism) or “iolite” (because of its purple color), the anglo-saxons still call it by that name. It honors the name of the French geologist Cordier, Professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

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cushion cut cerusite of Namibia

cerussite

Its name comes from the Latin “cerussa” which is lead white. It was discovered by von Haidinger in 1845.

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brasilianite from Brazil emerald cut

brazilianite

It is its discovery near the town of Conseilheira Pena, in Minas Gerais (Brazil) in 1945 by Pough, which gave its name (Brazil is written Brasil in Brazilian).

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yellow anglesite from Morocco emerald cut

anglesite

Its name comes from a locality in Wales (Great Britain): the island of Anglesey. Described in 1832 by French mineralogist François Sulpice Beudant as anglésine and then subsequently anglesite. There are varieties rich in silver or copper.

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oval cut andalusite of Brazil

andalusite

Identified by Delametherie in 1798, it was named after a Spanish province, Andalusia, where it was found, near Almeria. Chiastolite the variety, also known as “Stone Cross” is a variety of opaque white to gray andalusite, which comes in elongated prisms which, when cut perpendicular

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