sapphirine
It takes its name from its blue color, recalling the sapphire. It was discovered in Greenland in 1819 .
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It takes its name from its blue color, recalling the sapphire. It was discovered in Greenland in 1819 .
Its name comes from the Hebrew “Sappir” which referred for a long time the blue gems, the “most beautiful things”. By 1800, it was shown that the ruby and sapphire were only varieties of the same mineral, corundum. Currently, sapphire corresponds to all the blue
Discovered in 1865, its name honors the German mineralogist Theodor Richter (1824-1898).
Its name comes from the Greek “rhodon” for “ rose “, as for rhodochrosite. dark pink color, light pink, with black dendritic inclusions of manganese oxide. Soluble in acids which discolor it, easily fuses with a torch. Varieties of colorful gems come from Australia and