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oval cut carrollite of Congo

carrollite

Its name comes from the locality where it was identified by Faber in 1852: the Patapsco mine in Carroll County, Maryland in the United States. It is part of the linnaeïtes, it forms a series with the violarite, the polydymite, the siegenite according to the

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calcite from Russia emerald cut

calcite

It is known since antiquity, its name comes from the Greek “khalx” for lime. Identified and analyzed from the seventeenth century and then by Rene-Just Haüy to its easy cleavage. Called Iceland spar, the crystals exhibit the phenomenon of double images: a feature seen through

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yellow bytownite from Mexico, oval cut

bytownite

It is the town of Bytown near Ottawa that gave it its name. It is part of the plagioclase family,close to the anorthite pole.

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cabochon cut bustamite from Brazil

bustamite

Discovered in 1822, its name honors the Mexican General Anastasio Bustamante (1780-1853).

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gem brookite crystal from Pakistan

brookite

Discovered in 1825 by Levy, its name honors the English mineralogist Henry James Brooke (1771-1857). It is a crystalline form of titanium oxide, such as rutile and anatase.

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fancy cut boracite

boracite

It takes its name from its boron content, it was discovered in Germany in Lower Saxony in 1789.

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