silicates

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thulite of Norway cut in cabochon

zoisite

Identified by Werner in 1805 in the Austrian Alps, it was named after the Austrian Siegmund Zois, Baron von Edelstein (1747-1819). It is part of the epidote group. Its best-known variety is tanzanite which is not a mineral recognized by the International Mineralogical Commission for

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yellow zircon of Sri Lanka brilliant cut

zircon

Its name comes from the Arabic “zargoun” muting in “jargon”, meaning vermilion. It is known since antiquity, but under different names. It may be colorless (rare), but also yellow, brown, orange, blue to blue-violet (called starlite) … and mostly brown green and dark red, the

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emerald cut willemite

willemite

Discovered in 1830 and named in honor of King Willem I of the Netherlands.

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vlasovite fancy cut

vlasovite

Discovered in the Kola peninsula in Russia, it honors the name of the Russian mineralogist Kuzma Alekseevich Vlasov (1905-1964).

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vesuvianite from Kenia

vesuvianite

Its name comes from the Vesuvius (Italy) where it was discovered, it is also called vesuvienne, idocrase, wiluite (form the Wilui River in Yakutia, Russia). The californite variety, discovered in 1963 by the famous mineralogist Kunz, is a massive, persistent and green variety of vesuvianite

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