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parisite from Colombia oval cut

parisite

it was named in honor of J.J.Paris, owner of an emerald mine in Muzo in Colombia, where it was discovered.

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oval cut pargasite from Mogok in Burma

pargasite

It is named after the town of Pargas in Finland,, where it was discovered in 1814. A green variety comes from Vietnam and Pakistan. The variety where iron replaces magnesium is called ferropargasite.

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emerald cut orthoclase form Madagascar

orthoclase

Described by Breithaupt in 1823, its name comes from the Greek Greek “orthos” meaning “straight fracture“, because it has the characteristic to cleave in two orthogonal planes. Named at the beginning orthoclase, orthose, its french name, was given lately by René Just Haüy. In its

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olgoclase from Brasil oval cut

oligoclase

From the family of plagioclase, its name comes from the Greek “oligo”, a little bit, and “klassos” break, because it is a feldspar whose cleavage is more difficult than for others. It is part of the albite-anorthite series. It was identified by Breithaupt in 1826.

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neptunite emerald cut

neptunite

Discovered by the mineralogist Flink in 1893, it was named Neptune, the God of the Sea for the Romans, as it was discovered on the same site, in association with aegirine, the scandinavian name of the God of the sea

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emerald cut natrolite from Russia

natrolite

This is a zeolite, its name comes from the Latin “natron” which means sodium, it has been identified by Klaproth in 1803. Mooraboolite is a variety rich in potassium. Galactite a variety rich in calcium.

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