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yellow baryte from Italia

baryte

Identified by Karsten in 1800, its name comes from the Greek meaning “heavy”. It is also called “heavy spar”. It presents a particular phenomenon : the Thermoluminescence, after being heated, it emits visible light.

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baddeleyite of Sri Lanka trillion cut

baddeleyite

Its name honors Joseph Baddeley, who identified it in 1892 in some samples coming from Sri Lanka. This is the basic material used to manufacture synthetic zirconium oxide by the method of autocreuset to 2750 ° C.

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azurite from Morocco oval cut

azurite

Discovered in 1824 by Beudant Chessy-les-Mines in France, azurite takes its name from its azure blue. It has been known since antiquity, it is a copper carbonate, which effervesces with acids. It is often associated with malachite, green, in copper deposits, as azurite turns into

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yellow aragonite of Czech Republic cushion cut

aragonite

Its name comes from the Spanish region of Aragon, Castille. Identified by Werner in 1797 is a calcium carbonate, like calcite, but crystallizes in another crystal system.

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cushion cut green apatite

apatite

This is the most common phosphate found in nature, its name comes from the Greek “apatein” to deceive, referring to the long confusions made by Werner between this stone and emerald. This is the main constituent of bones and teeth in its hydroxylapatite form. It

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yellow anglesite from Morocco emerald cut

anglesite

Its name comes from a locality in Wales (Great Britain): the island of Anglesey. Described in 1832 by French mineralogist François Sulpice Beudant as anglésine and then subsequently anglesite. There are varieties rich in silver or copper.

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