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durangite crystals from Mexico

durangite

Found in 1869 owes its name to the site of Durango in Mexico

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orbicular diorite from Corsica

orbicular diorite

Successively described and analyzed by many specialists since 1851, its a mixture of feldspar, hornblende, biotite (black mica) and quartz. It is considered an intrusive rock with a texture similar to “granite”, the term “granite” designating a hard stone used in civil engineering. The matrix

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dioptase from Zaire cut in cabochon

dioptase

It has long been confused with emerald with whom shares the same color, but it was identified in 1801 as a specific species by René Just Haüy. Its name comes from the Greek, recalls that its cleavage planes are visible through the crystal, which was

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descloizite rectangular cut

descloizite

Its name honors the French mineralogist Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817-1897), it was discovered in 1854 in the Sierra de Cordoba in Argentina. The best crystals are from Namibia. The mottramite is a vanadate of lead and copper.

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emerald cut davidite

davidite

Discovered at Radium Hill Mine in Australia, its name honors the Australian geologist Edgeworth David (1858-1934). It contains uranium and so is naturally radioactive.

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red cuprite from Namibia oval cut

cuprite

Its name comes from the Latin “Cuprum” which means copper, it was discovered by von Haidinger in 1845. The chaloctrichite is a form that looks like thin hair hence the name derived from Greek (copper hair). There are massive varieties mixed with chrysocolla and tenorite

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