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faceted hematite

hematite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

It is also called blood or blood stone and his name probably comes from the fact that it turns blood red the cooling water when it is cut (from the Greek “haimatos” for blood). Note however a false-English friend: “bloodstone”, this English name is referred

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eudialyte from Russia polished in cabochon

eudialyte

ck_admin March 24, 2021

Discovered in 1819 in Greenland, it is named after the Greek “eu”, easy, and “dialytos”, – which breaks down because it is easily dissolved in acid -.

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oval cut dolomite from Brazil

dolomite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

Identified by de Saussure in 1792, its name honors the French mineralogist Dolomieu. Very common mineral, especially as gangue in the ore deposits. Not to be confused with dolostone which is a rock composed of dolomite.

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dioptase from Zaire cut in cabochon

dioptase

ck_admin March 24, 2021

It has long been confused with emerald with whom shares the same color, but it was identified in 1801 as a specific species by René Just Haüy. Its name comes from the Greek, recalls that its cleavage planes are visible through the crystal, which was

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emerald cut davidite

davidite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

Discovered at Radium Hill Mine in Australia, its name honors the Australian geologist Edgeworth David (1858-1934). It contains uranium and so is naturally radioactive.

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rock crystal from Perou

rock crystal

ck_admin March 24, 2021

The name quartz comes from a slavic word meaning “hard”. Rock crystal comes from the Greek “krystallos” meaning ice, because the ancients believed that it was “eternal ice”. It is a mineral, often regarded as a rock as it is widespread in various aspects and

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