silicates

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cabochon cut bustamite from Brazil

bustamite

Discovered in 1822, its name honors the Mexican General Anastasio Bustamante (1780-1853).

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petrified wood from France

petrified wood

This is a fossilized wood dating back 200 million years, all parts of a trunk or branches have been silicified, that is to say that the organic components have been gradually replaced by silica in the form of jasper, chalcedony, or more rarely opal, there

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square cut bikitaite

bikitaite

It ows its name to the type locality at Bikita, Zimbawe, where it was discovered

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heliodore crystal of Madagascar

beryl

In the family of beryls, the emerald is deep green (see emerald), the blue is aquamarine (see aquamarine). But there are other varieties with names related to their specific colors. The heliodor: its name comes from two Greek words, resulting in “gift of the sun”,

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pear cut benitoite from United States

benitoite

It was discovered in the early twentieth century by the San Benito river in San Benito County, California. Its color is very close to that of sapphire but its strong dichroism can easily distinguish it from sapphire, and even other blue stones.

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axinite from Brazil navette cut

axinite

It is the form of its crystals with sharp edges, ax shaped , which gave its name derived from “axinos” in Greek. It was discovered by Schreiber in France in the Massif de l’Oisans it was Romé Isle who described and identified it and René

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