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eosphorite cut in facets

eosphorite

Its name comes from the Greek, defining the pink color at the arrival of dawn. Its chemical formula is very close to the childrenite, which is yellow-brown because iron dominates, while for éosphorite it is manganese which dominates and gives the pink color.

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emerald from Muzo in Colombia emerald cut

emerald

This is the green variety of beryl, the more valuable because of its unparalleled color, its name comes from the Greek “smaragdos” derived from an ancient Semitic word meaning “shining”. This is one of the gems most sought after, when the green the more sustained

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descloizite rectangular cut

descloizite

Its name honors the French mineralogist Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817-1897), it was discovered in 1854 in the Sierra de Cordoba in Argentina. The best crystals are from Namibia. The mottramite is a vanadate of lead and copper.

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oval cut danburite from Mexico

danburite

It owes its name to Danbury (Connecticut, United States), where she was discovered in the nineteenth century. In a similar hardness as quartz, it does not exist in brightly colored varieties.

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red cuprite from Namibia oval cut

cuprite

Its name comes from the Latin “Cuprum” which means copper, it was discovered by von Haidinger in 1845. The chaloctrichite is a form that looks like thin hair hence the name derived from Greek (copper hair). There are massive varieties mixed with chrysocolla and tenorite

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clinohumite of Tajikistan oval cut

clinohumite

Discovered in 1876, on mont Vesuvius in Italy, it honors the name of the mineralogist Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838). Some clinohumite gemstone was first discovered in Tajikistan, than Pamir, and then later in Vietnam.

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