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![green ludlamite crystal from Salsigne in France](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ludlamite-cristaux-salsigne-france138.png)
![yellow komerupine form Sri Lanka oval cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/kornerupine-ovale-sri-lanka143.png)
kornerupine
Mineral honoring the young Danish geologist Andreas N. Kornerup (1857-1881) who discovered it in Greenland. Sometimes it can present a speckle of the type “cat eye”. Often brown and dark, beautiful yellow-green varieties are from Sri Lanka and it has now been discovered in emerald
![imperial jade from Burma cut in cabochon](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jade-imperial-birmanie147.png)
jade
In the nineteenth century, it was shown that the so-called “jade” actually consisted of two distinct minerals: The “Jadeite”, of the pyroxene family, is the hardest and most rare, it has a crystalline sound, its color varies from white to dark green, even lavender. The
![hydroxyapatite crystals of Norway](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hydroxyapatite-cristaux-norvege152.png)
hydroxyapatite
As for the apatite, its name derives from the Greek to indicate that the apatite has often been confused with other gems, plus the mention of “hydroxy”added . This is a major constituent of bones and teeth.There is a very dark green variety rich in
![emerald cut hiddenite from Brazil](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hiddenite-taille-emeraude-bresil157.png)
hiddenite
This is a green variety, colored by chromium, of spodumene which is part of the pyroxene group, although green spodumene without chromium are also called Hiddenite. Its name honors W. E. Hidden, who discovered it in 1879 in the U.S. (Alexander County, North Carolina United
![crystals of hedenbergite from Nordmarken Sweden](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hedenbergite-cristaux-nordmarken-suede163.png)
hedenbergite
Its name honors the Swedish mineralogist Ludwig Hedenberg. It is close to diopsides.