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Je vous emmène à travers mes vidéos découvrir mon expérience acquise depuis plus de 30 ans a silloner le globe entier à la recherche de pierres précieuses, de rencontre mémorables mais aussi de difficulté parfois …

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scorzalite round cut

scorzalite

Discovered in 1957 in Brazil (Corrego Firo pegmatite, Linopolis, Doce valley, Minas Gerais). Its name honors the Brazilian geologist who discovered it: Evaristo Penna Scorza (1899-1969).

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scorodite cut in cabochon

scorodite

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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scolecite cut in cabochon

scolecite

Discovered in 1813, it is part of the family of zeolites. Its name comes from the Greek “skolec” meaning worm, maggot, which would refer to the behavior of a needle crystal on a torch flame…

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schlossmacherite cut in cabochon

schlossmacherite

Discovered in 1980, its name honors the German gemologist Karl Schlossmacher.

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scapolite from Tanzania drop cut

scapolite

It owes its name to its prismatic facies (from the Greek “skapos” rod and “lithos”, stone) and designates an isomorphic series going from sodic marialite to calcic meionite. The members of this series are the Wernerite, the Dipyre, the Meionite, the Marialite. The Wernerite, which

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oval cut sapphirine from Sri lanka

sapphirine

It takes its name from its blue color, recalling the sapphire. It was discovered in Greenland in 1819 .

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