vayrynenite
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March 24, 2021
Its name honors the Finnish mineralogist Väyrynen who identified it in Finland but the pink samples and gems come from the Paproke mine in Afghanistan.
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tugtupite
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March 24, 2021
Mineral discovered in 1960 simultaneously in the Kola Peninsula (Russia) and south of Greenland, its name comes from an Inuit word meaning ” Reindeer blood ” (“tugtup” means reindeer in Eskimo). Stone of a beautiful color. Without light it loses its color, and after returning
spherocobaltite
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March 24, 2021
Its name comes from the Greek “sphaira” for sphere and from its composition with cobalt, which gives it its color, this is a rare stone. It’a a Cobalt Carbonate that is often wrongly called “cobaltoan calcite” Cobaltoan calcite chemically is a pink calcite owed to
shomiokite
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March 24, 2021
Discovered in the Kola Peninsula, near the river Shomiok that gave it its name.
rhodonite
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March 24, 2021
Its name comes from the Greek “rhodon” for “ rose “, as for rhodochrosite. dark pink color, light pink, with black dendritic inclusions of manganese oxide. Soluble in acids which discolor it, easily fuses with a torch. Varieties of colorful gems come from Australia and
