hodgkinsonite
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March 24, 2021
Discovered in 1913, its name honors H.H.Hodgkinson of the Franklin Mine in New Jersey, United States, where it was discovered.
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descloizite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
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.
cuprite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
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
coral
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March 24, 2021
For the geologist, the mineralogist and the gemologist, it is neither a mineral or a fossil, or even a rock. This is the central limestone axis around which small polyps have developed, they secrete it and shelter there. These are animals of the Coelenterata phylum
