silicates

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yellow komerupine form Sri Lanka oval cut

kornerupine

Mineral honoring the young Danish geologist Andreas N. Kornerup (1857-1881) who discovered it in Greenland. Sometimes it can present a speckle of the type “cat eye”. Often brown and dark, beautiful yellow-green varieties are from Sri Lanka and it has now been discovered in emerald

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kammererite fancy cut

kammererite

It was identified in 1841 by the Finnish mineralogist Nordenskiöld. Its name honors the Russian mining engineer Kammerer from St. Petersburg. The kammérérite, of a beautiful fuchsia pink, is a chromian variety of clinochlore whose name comes the Greek “klino”, for its oblique axis tilted

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imperial jade from Burma cut in cabochon

jade

In the nineteenth century, it was shown that the so-called “jade” actually consisted of two distinct minerals: The “Jadeite”, of the pyroxene family, is the hardest and most rare, it has a crystalline sound, its color varies from white to dark green, even lavender. The

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fancy cut hyalophane from Bosnia

hyalophane

Discovered in 1855, it owes its name to the Greek “hyalos” – glass-, and “Phanos” – which has the appearance.

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cabochon of howlite

howlite

Discovered in 1868 in California, its name honors the Canadian chemist H. How (1828-1879). Its porosity allows the dye it, but only in blue to imitate the turquoise. Cabochon cut, in its natural color it is wrongly called “white turquoise”.

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hornblende crystals from Norway

hornblende

Very common mineral, its name comes from the German “horn” horn “blenden” dazzle. There are many varieties depending on the content of iron, magnesium, calcium etc …

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