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hambergite rectangular cut

hambergite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

It honors the Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863-1933).

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gypsum crystals from Spain

gypsum

ck_admin March 24, 2021

The exact origin of his name still appears uncertain. The Greek word “gypsos”, meaning “plaster”, and would decompose into “ge” for “ stone “, and “Ipson” for “burn”. The origin of the word would rather be Semitic. In Latin, gypsum, in old French was called

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diaspore from Turkey

diaspore

ck_admin March 24, 2021

Discovered in 1801 in the Urals in Russia, its name comes from the Greek word “diaspora”, meaning “disperse” because when heated with a blowtorch it explodes and disperses into small particles. It is a component of earthy bauxite, but is found in gem quality in

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“ De Beers Centenary “ diamond

diamond

ck_admin March 24, 2021

This gem, the best known and most prestigious, is named after its hardness, “adamant” in Greek, which means unconquerable because there are no known naturally occurring minerals that are harder than it. Pure and white, it has an incomparable brilliance, and it sparkles in all

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yellow datolite from Russia oval cut

datolite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

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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oval cut danburite from Mexico

danburite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

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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