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staurolite from Brazil oval cut

staurolite

It is named after his twins very frequently cross-shaped: the twin cross of St. Andrew (60 degrees) and that of the Greek cross (90 degrees), in Greek “stauros” means cross and “lithos”, stone, hence its name “cross stone”. Another twin “in wheel”shape exists in the

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cushion cut spinel from Tanzania

spinel

This is a gem belonging to a group of minerals close to each other and it was many times qualified as liar because it is present in the same deposits of the ruby and sapphire and it has often been confused with these gems. Some

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spessartine mandarine garnet oval cut

spessartine

Its name comes from the cottage of Spessar sur- le -Main in Bavaria. The finest ones come from Africa, in Namibia, from a recently discovered deposit that produced the famous “tangerine”garnets, of a very bright color and a beautiful shine, and that seems exhausted. The

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oval cut sulfur

sulfur

It has been known since antiquity, its name comes from the Sanskrit “çulbâri” meaning “enemy of copper” or from the Latin “sulpur”. Reduced in powder it was used to repel insects and burned to keep away the “vermin” and the “enemies”. A component of gunpowder

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trillion cut sinhalite from Sri lanka

sinhalite

Discovered in 1952 in Sri Lanka and recognized as a specific mineral species, as previously mistaken for peridot. Its name comes from the Sanskrit “Sinhala”, Ceylon, the ancient name of Sri Lanka. Stone of a good hardness.

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simpsonite from Brazil oval cut

simpsonite

It was discovered in Australia and its name honors the Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875-1939).

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