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polished slice of goodletite from New Zeland

goodletite

This is a metamorphic rock composed of pink corundum (sapphire ruby almost) of margarite, of fuchsite with chromite and green tourmaline, its name honors William Goodlet. It is only found in southern New Zealand(Hokitika, Rimu). The name Goodletite refers only to this stone from New

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goethite and lepidocrocite inclusions in quartz from Brazil cushion cut

goethite

It is known and used since prehistory, prehistoric people used it as a pigment for paint in the caves, such as at Lascaux. It was identified in 1806 by the mineralogist Johann Georg Lenz (1748-1832) and its name honors the German writer Goethe. This is

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emerald cut gaspeite from Australia

gaspeite

It is named after a region of Quebec, the Gaspé Peninsula where it was discovered in 1966.

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gadolinite emerald cut

gadolinite

Appointed in 1800 in honor of the Finnish mineralogist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852) who isolated the Yttrium element in 1797. This rare earth is used to imitate the diamond, synthetic zirconia oxide, to stabilize it in a cubic form at atmosphere temperature. Gadolinium is one of

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cut friedelite from South Africa - kalahari manganese field of Kuruman

friedelite

Its name honors the French chemist and mineralogist Charles Friedel (1832-1899).

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pink fluorite from Brazil cushion cut

fluorite

It is known since antiquity, its name comes from the Latin verb “fluere” which means “ to flow “ because it was already used as a flux in metallurgy. The composition evokes the name of this mineral: it contains fluorine, an element which was so

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