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emerald cut shortite

shortite

Discovered in 1939, it honors the name of American mineralogist Maxwell Naylor Short (1889-1952).

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shomiokite fancy cut

shomiokite

Discovered in the Kola Peninsula, near the river Shomiok that gave it its name.

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emerald cut rhodocrosite from Colorado, United States

rhodochrosite

The gem variety, which is only marketed since 1950, yet named dialogite or “Inca Rose”, saw its name derived from the Greek “rhodon” for rose. In fact, the term dialogite was reserved to rhombohedral crystals. It is of a pinkish red to yellowish color, with

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phosgenite emerald cut

phosgenite

Discovered in England, its name comes from the Greek “phos” meaning “light” and “genan” – “which leads “, in connection with its lights characteristic, was given by Haidinger. Karsten, who had described it in the early nineteenth century had named it hornblei.

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parisite from Colombia oval cut

parisite

it was named in honor of J.J.Paris, owner of an emerald mine in Muzo in Colombia, where it was discovered.

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nodule of malachite from Zaire

malachite

Described by Pliny in 77 AD., its name recalls and its fault, poor hardness “malakos” which means soft in Greek, as well as its green color “malake”, which means purple green in Greek. The Egyptians, the Greeks the Romans used it since ancient times. It

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