pyroxenes

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afghanite from Afghanistan oval cut

afghanite

Named after the country where it has been discovered, Afghanistan. Often confused with lapis lazuli (lazurite), lazulite or sodalite.

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cut acmite

aegirine

Found in 1821 by P.Ström and named “acmite” from the Greek “point, edge” in reference to the typical pointed crystals. But in 1835 Berzelius named it aegirine after Aegir, the Teutonic god of the sea. Richer in sodium than augite, it oxydizes itself, pruducing chlorite,

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