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![cushion cut spinel from Tanzania](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spinelle-coussin-tanzanie57.png)
![pink spherocobaltite from Morocco](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spherocobaltite-maroc58.png)
spherocobaltite
Its name comes from the Greek “sphaira” for sphere and from its composition with cobalt, which gives it its color, this is a rare stone. It’a a Cobalt Carbonate that is often wrongly called “cobaltoan calcite” Cobaltoan calcite chemically is a pink calcite owed to
![cushion cut sphalerite from Picos de Europa, Santander in Spain](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sphalerite-coussin-espagne59.png)
sphalerite
Its name comes from the Greek “sphaleros” meaning traitor, deceitful, because in its black variety it looked like galena but did not release lead during fusion … and because of its brightness was also confused with the diamond. It is the major ore of zinc.
![spessartine mandarine garnet oval cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spessartite-grenat-mandarine-ovalel-tanzanie60.png)
spessartine
Its name comes from the cottage of Spessar sur- le -Main in Bavaria. The finest ones come from Africa, in Namibia, from a recently discovered deposit that produced the famous “tangerine”garnets, of a very bright color and a beautiful shine, and that seems exhausted. The
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![cabochon of hackmanite from Afghanistan](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hackmanite-cabochon-afghanistan63.png)
sodalite
This is a feldspathoid, his name refers to its high sodium content. Its purplish-blue color is often streaked with white feldspar veinlets. The Hackmanite is a pink-purple variety discovered in Quebec, Canada. In its formula sulfur has been replaced by chlorine, and has an amazing