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citrine from Brazil, oval cut

citrine

It is a yellow variety of quartz. Its name comes from the Latin “citrus”, this gem owes its name to its lemon yellow color due to its iron content but the name was male until the seventeenth century (citrine quartz). The natural citrines, of a

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cinnabar crystals from China

cinnabar

Its name comes from the Persian “zinjifrah” or Latin “cinnabaris” … It is known since antiquity, it was described by Theophrastus in 315 BC. It was used as a red pigment. This is the main ore of mercury, all the mercury compounds are highly toxic.

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calcite from Russia emerald cut

calcite

It is known since antiquity, its name comes from the Greek “khalx” for lime. Identified and analyzed from the seventeenth century and then by Rene-Just Haüy to its easy cleavage. Called Iceland spar, the crystals exhibit the phenomenon of double images: a feature seen through

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cabochon of carnelian mounted as breastpin

chalcedony

Chalcedony: This is a term including microcristallines and cryptocrystalline varieties of quartz, which come from the Greek name of the famous city of Carthage “Karkêdon”. Extracted in Egypt and Syria, it has been used since ancient times for intaglios and cameos, an active trade with

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petrified wood from France

petrified wood

This is a fossilized wood dating back 200 million years, all parts of a trunk or branches have been silicified, that is to say that the organic components have been gradually replaced by silica in the form of jasper, chalcedony, or more rarely opal, there

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emerald cut amethyst from Madagascar

amethyst

It is a purple variety of quartz. Its name comes from the Greek “a” private and “methysto” meaning “ inebrietion ” wore as an amulet it was supposed to guard against drunkenness. The Greeks believed that drinking from a cup carved from this stone had

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