lithiophilite
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March 24, 2021
Its name comes from its composition of lithium and the Greek “philos” friend.
orthorhombic
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kornerupine
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March 24, 2021
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
johachidolite
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March 24, 2021
It is named after the locality where it was discovered: Johachido District in North Korea. Recent discovery at Mogok in Burma of a variety of beautiful yellow-orange gem quality stones.
heterosite
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March 24, 2021
Its name comes from the Greek “hetero”, other, because on the same deposit it was the second mineral containing manganese to be discovered. It forms a group with purpurite, the iron pole of the phosphate is the heterosite and purpurite the manganiferous pole.
hemimorphite
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March 24, 2021
Its name comes from the Greek “hemi,” half and “morpho” to form, due to the different shape of the tip of its doubly terminated crystals. It was identified by Kenngott in 1853. There is a “matrix” form blue and banded. As Tourmaline it presents the
hambergite
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March 24, 2021
It honors the Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863-1933).
