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kammererite
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March 24, 2021
It was identified in 1841 by the Finnish mineralogist Nordenskiöld. Its name honors the Russian mining engineer Kammerer from St. Petersburg. The kammérérite, of a beautiful fuchsia pink, is a chromian variety of clinochlore whose name comes the Greek “klino”, for its oblique axis tilted
jade
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March 24, 2021
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
hydroxylherderite
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March 24, 2021
Its name honors Siegmund August Wolfgang von Herder (1776-1838) who identified it. It is found associated with herderite, besides many specimens called herderite are actually of hydroxylherderite.
hyalophane
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March 24, 2021
Discovered in 1855, it owes its name to the Greek “hyalos” – glass-, and “Phanos” – which has the appearance.
