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Its name comes from the Greek, “two” and “appearance” because of the double surface appearance of the prism when it is crystallized. Diopside is also “starred”, “shimmering” and the chromite variety, gemstone essentially coming from Russia, is emerald green. A deposit in Piedmont( Italy )
This gem, the best known and most prestigious, is named after its hardness, “adamant” in Greek, which means unconquerable because there are no known naturally occurring minerals that are harder than it. Pure and white, it has an incomparable brilliance, and it sparkles in all
Its name recalls its dominant color : blue in Greek (cyan). Sometimes colorless, but generally blue to bluish green, this gemstone has a hardness ranging, with its texture in plans, from 4.5 (direction of elongation) at 6 to 7 (perpendicular to the elongation). It also
Its name comes from the Latin “Cuprum” which means copper, it was discovered by von Haidinger in 1845. The chaloctrichite is a form that looks like thin hair hence the name derived from Greek (copper hair). There are massive varieties mixed with chrysocolla and tenorite
