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diaspore from Turkey

diaspore

Discovered in 1801 in the Urals in Russia, its name comes from the Greek word “diaspora”, meaning “disperse” because when heated with a blowtorch it explodes and disperses into small particles. It is a component of earthy bauxite, but is found in gem quality in

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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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yellow datolite from Russia oval cut

datolite

Its name comes from Greek by illustrating its ability to “split” into pieces when massive datolite aggregates are broken. A rock rarely found in a gem form, it is often associated with zeolites in basalt cavities.

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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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crocoite crystals from Tasmania Australia

crocoite

It is named after the “crocus” as the color of its powder is saffron (which comes from this plant). It was discovered in 1766 in Berezov in the Urals (Russia). It was then called “Siberian red lead”, then it was named crocoïse by Beudant and

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