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pink crystals of stolzite from Zinnwald of Bohemia

stolzite

Identified in 1845, its name honors the Czech mineralogist Joseph Alexis Stolz (1803-1896) who discovered it.

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emerald cut sellaite

sellaite

Discovered in France in 1868, it honors the name of the Italian mineralogist Quintino Sella (1827-1884). This is a fluoride such as fluorite, but of magnesium.

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oval cut scheelite from China

scheelite

It is named after the Swedish chemist Karl W. Scheel (1742-1786) who discovered the tungstic acid. Tungsten is the current name of the chemical that was the metal component of wolframite, scheelite is still called a wolframate or tungstate …

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scapolite from Tanzania drop cut

scapolite

It owes its name to its prismatic facies (from the Greek “skapos” rod and “lithos”, stone) and designates an isomorphic series going from sodic marialite to calcic meionite. The members of this series are the Wernerite, the Dipyre, the Meionite, the Marialite. The Wernerite, which

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rutile as inclusions in quartz

rutile

Discovered by Werner in 1803 he was named after the Latin “rutilus” which means red. This is a titanium oxide as brookite and anatase, which crystallize in different crystal systems. The fibrous variety that forms tiny needles was called Sagenite.

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pyrolusite crystals from Germany

pyrolusite

Identified and named in 1827, its name comes from the Greek words meaning “fire” and “who washes”, as it was used to remove from glass its green and brown color due to iron. This is the main element of “dendrites ” black seepage into the

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