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prehnite crystals from India

prehnite

Named in honor of the Dutch collector and Colonel H. Van Prehn who discovered it. Most prehnites used as gems come from Australia.

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phosphophyllite oval cut

phosphophyllite

Its name recalls that it is a phosphate, and its cleavage causes leaves: it comes from the Greek “Phillon” meaning leaf. It’s a stone sought after for its beautiful bluish green color.

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oval cut peridot from Burma

peridot

Formerly this mineral was called chrysolite, although the “chrysolitus” of Pliny was probably referred to topaz, a “yellow stone”, a “golden stone”. Also called ” stones of knights ” because it would be the crusaders who brought peridot from the east to europe where it

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ouvarovite round cut

uvarovite

It is a green garnet. Named in honor of a Russian count and statesman, Sergey Uvarov Semeonovich (1786-1855). It is rarely found in gem quality. Its green color is due to chromium.

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yellow cushion cut tectite from Lybia

moldavite

This is actually one kind of tektite: these are fragments of terrestrial rocks melted by the impact of a large meteorite, their name coming from the Greek “têktos”, to melt, which were first found on the Vltava River a river of the Czech Republic, since

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nodule of malachite from Zaire

malachite

Described by Pliny in 77 AD., its name recalls and its fault, poor hardness “malakos” which means soft in Greek, as well as its green color “malake”, which means purple green in Greek. The Egyptians, the Greeks the Romans used it since ancient times. It

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