phosphates

Je vous emmène à travers mes vidéos découvrir mon expérience acquise depuis plus de 30 ans a silloner le globe entier à la recherche de pierres précieuses, de rencontre mémorables mais aussi de difficulté parfois …

actualités

cacoxenite cabochon altdd

cacoxenite

Identified in 1825 in Bohemia in iron deposits, its name comes from the Greek “kakos”, for bad, and “xenos”, for guest or stranger to indicate that its presence in the iron ore was not appreciated: this phosphate makes the metal iron ore work, harder. The

Read
oval cut xenotime

xenotime

Identified by Berzelius its name is related to the Greek word “xenos”, meaning stranger, because the crystals were not discovered until later and it was long called Cenotime. It forms a series with the chernovite and is a rare earth phosphate, more often Yttrium but

Read
wavellite crystals from United States

wavellite

Discovered in 1805 in England, its name honors the English physician William Wavell (1750-1829).

Read
vivianite emerald cut

vivianite

Its name honors the British mineralogist J. G. Vivian. Colorless when fresh, it turns green blue, dark blue or black by partial oxidation of its iron. The crystals aggregates forming wheels come from Cameroon.

Read
variscite cabochon from United States

variscite

It recalls the old name of Vogtland (southern Saxony, Germany) called Variscia in Latin, where it was discovered in the valley of the Mess. A massive variety, found in the United States (Nevada,) with interpenetration of veinlets or quartz nodules and chalcedony, is called “amatrix”

Read
cabochon of turquoise from Iran

turquoise

This is simply the “Turkish stone” because when this gem came to Europe, it had passed through that country, but it came from Persia. The Greeks called it “callaite”. It was a sacred stone for the Egyptians, Persians, Tibetans, Indians, Mayans, Aztecs and Incas. Color

Read
Shopping Cart