silicates

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emerald cut natrolite from Russia

natrolite

This is a zeolite, its name comes from the Latin “natron” which means sodium, it has been identified by Klaproth in 1803. Mooraboolite is a variety rich in potassium. Galactite a variety rich in calcium.

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muscovite crystals from Afghanistan

muscovite

Discovered by the famous mineralogist James Dwight Dana in 1850, it owes its name to the “glass of Moscow” (vitrum muscoviticum), as the large plates, heat-resistant were used as windows for stoves and furnaces in this region. The hardness varies from one to two depending

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yellow milarite crystals from Jaquaraçu in Minas Gerais in Brazil

milarite

Kenngott in 1870 awarded it its name from its first assumed place of discovery: the Val Mila in Switzerland, but this is not certain.

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baguette cut mesolite

mesolite

Discovered in 1816 in Sicily, its name comes from the Greek “mesos” meaning middle, because its composition is between that of natrolite and that of scolecite. Sometimes it resembles natrolite in its composition and its spherical clumps of acicular crystals.

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meliphanite crystal from Norway

meliphanite

Discovered in 1852, its name comes from the Greek, “which resembles to honey” in connection with its honey-yellow color.

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yellow meionite from Madagascar

meionite

Discovered in 1801 by René Just Haüy, its name comes from the Greek in the sense that it would be “less than” … its pyramidal crystals would be less steep than those of vesuvianite. It is found in metamorphic rocks. The group of scapolites forms

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