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cut onyx

onyx

The onyx are varieties of chalcedony. Mineralogists describe them as varieties of agate. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “nail” because of the color of the loose nail. The gemologists and gem cutters talk about completely black gems or in banded layers of

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black obsidian from Ascension Island

obsidian

Its name comes, according to Pliny, from Obsidius who brought it from Ethiopia, which would have led the Romans to call it “obsidius lapis”. From the seventeenth century we find the names of hyalopsite, mountain mahogany, Iceland black agate, mirror of the Incas, gallinaceous stone

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neptunite emerald cut

neptunite

Discovered by the mineralogist Flink in 1893, it was named Neptune, the God of the Sea for the Romans, as it was discovered on the same site, in association with aegirine, the scandinavian name of the God of the sea

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nepheline fancy cut

nepheline

Its name comes from the Greek “nephele” which means cloud because when placed in a strong acid it takes this cloudiness

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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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monazite pear cut

monazite

Its name comes from the Greek, meaning “alone”, because its crystals are found isolated on the rock or some other mineral, and plus it is a rare mineral. This mineral contains thorium and is naturally radioactive.

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