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purpurite from United States

purpurite

Discovered in 1905, its name comes from the Latin “purpura” that matches its color, purple. Forms a series with the heterosite which is the iron pole while purpurite the Manganese pole.

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pumpellyite from Lake Superior in Michigan in the U.S.

pumpellyite

Rare mineral found in the Carriere de la fleche, at Bertrix in the Ardennes, Belgium. We must speak of “pumpellyites” because there are some in which magnesium dominates, in others it is aluminum and yet in others it is iron, as shown here for this

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emerald cut proustite

proustite

Its name honors Joseph-Louis Proust, French chemist (1754-1826).

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prehnite crystals from India

prehnite

Named in honor of the Dutch collector and Colonel H. Van Prehn who discovered it. Most prehnites used as gems come from Australia.

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oval cut powellite from India

powellite

Discovered in 1891, its name honors the geologist and U.S. explorer John Wesley Powell (1834-1902).

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pear cabochon of blue pietersite from China

pietersite

Discovered in 1962 by Pieters in Namibia, this breach consists of an hawk eye and a tiger’s eye (crocidolite). Subsequently, it was discovered in China a rock quite close in appearance to Pietersite, which would be a amphibole rich in torendrikite instead of crocidolite. This

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