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sulfur

ck_admin March 24, 2021

It has been known since antiquity, its name comes from the Sanskrit “çulbâri” meaning “enemy of copper” or from the Latin “sulpur”. Reduced in powder it was used to repel insects and burned to keep away the “vermin” and the “enemies”. A component of gunpowder

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sinhalite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

Discovered in 1952 in Sri Lanka and recognized as a specific mineral species, as previously mistaken for peridot. Its name comes from the Sanskrit “Sinhala”, Ceylon, the ancient name of Sri Lanka. Stone of a good hardness.

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simpsonite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

It was discovered in Australia and its name honors the Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875-1939).

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scorodite

ck_admin March 24, 2021

Discovered in 1818, it was named after the Greek “skorodon” meaning garlic because when heated it gives off the odor of arsenic close to that of garlic.

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