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emerald cut analcime

analcime

Identified in 1797 by René Just Haüy, its name comes from the Greek “analkimos” which means “weak -that has no force”. It is one example of a mineral that crystallizes in several crystal systems according to the order taken by its atoms …. it can

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emerald cut amethyst from Madagascar

amethyst

It is a purple variety of quartz. Its name comes from the Greek “a” private and “methysto” meaning “ inebrietion ” wore as an amulet it was supposed to guard against drunkenness. The Greeks believed that drinking from a cup carved from this stone had

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trillion cut amazonite from Vietnam

amazonite

This is a perthite, variety of feldspar, so called because discovered in the Amazon, but not near the Amazon River. It is part of the family of microclines. The name microcline comes from the Greek “small slope” has been given by Breithaupt in 1830 in

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cut almandite garnet

almandite

It is the most well-known and widely distributed garne, named after its locality Alabandicus or Alabanda, a town in Asia Minor, currently in Turkey.Since Antiquity Pliny the Elder used to qualified it as gem. It was once known as carbuncle, an archaic name given to

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cabochon cut allanite

allanite

Named by Thomas Thomson in 1810 after the scottish mineralogist Thomas Allan. This is a mieral close to epidote and there are 3 types of allanite based on their concentration in cerium, lanthanum, yttrium (rare earth element). The lanthanum variety is radioactive.

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oval cut albite

albite

Found in 1815, it name comes from the Latin “albus”, white. It is the sodium end member of the albite-anorthite series of the plagioclase group. It is a very common and widespread mineral. The peristerite shows phenomenon of adularescence same as moonstone.

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