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twinned boleite crystals from Boleo, Mexico

boleite

It is named after its place of discovery: Boleo, Baja California, Mexico. It was identified by Mallard and Cumenge in 1897.

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petrified wood from France

petrified wood

This is a fossilized wood dating back 200 million years, all parts of a trunk or branches have been silicified, that is to say that the organic components have been gradually replaced by silica in the form of jasper, chalcedony, or more rarely opal, there

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square cut bixbyite

bixbyite

Discovered in 1897 in Thomas Range in Utah, United States, its name honors the prospector and mineralogist Maynard Bixby (1853-1935) who was a minerals specialist from Utah.

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pear cut benitoite from United States

benitoite

It was discovered in the early twentieth century by the San Benito river in San Benito County, California. Its color is very close to that of sapphire but its strong dichroism can easily distinguish it from sapphire, and even other blue stones.

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bastnaesite from Zagi in Pakistan

bastnaesite

It takes its name from the mine Bastnas Riddarhyttan in Vastmanland in Sweden where it was discovered. There are three varieties of bastnaesite based on the predominant “rare earth element” (rare metallic chemical elements) in it. Here lanthanum is the dominating but also cerium can

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yellow baryte from Italia

baryte

Identified by Karsten in 1800, its name comes from the Greek meaning “heavy”. It is also called “heavy spar”. It presents a particular phenomenon : the Thermoluminescence, after being heated, it emits visible light.

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