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kammererite fancy cut

kammererite

It was identified in 1841 by the Finnish mineralogist Nordenskiöld. Its name honors the Russian mining engineer Kammerer from St. Petersburg. The kammérérite, of a beautiful fuchsia pink, is a chromian variety of clinochlore whose name comes the Greek “klino”, for its oblique axis tilted

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oval cut johachidolite from Mogok in Burma

johachidolite

It is named after the locality where it was discovered: Johachido District in North Korea. Recent discovery at Mogok in Burma of a variety of beautiful yellow-orange gem quality stones.

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blue jeremejevite from Erongo in Namibia

jeremejevite

It honors the Russian mineralogist Pavel Vladimirovich Jeremejev (1830-1899) who has identified it in 1883 in Siberia.

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imperial jade from Burma cut in cabochon

jade

In the nineteenth century, it was shown that the so-called “jade” actually consisted of two distinct minerals: The “Jadeite”, of the pyroxene family, is the hardest and most rare, it has a crystalline sound, its color varies from white to dark green, even lavender. The

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herderite crystal from Minas Gerais in Brazil

hydroxylherderite

Its name honors Siegmund August Wolfgang von Herder (1776-1838) who identified it. It is found associated with herderite, besides many specimens called herderite are actually of hydroxylherderite.

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hydroxyapatite crystals of Norway

hydroxyapatite

As for the apatite, its name derives from the Greek to indicate that the apatite has often been confused with other gems, plus the mention of “hydroxy”added . This is a major constituent of bones and teeth.There is a very dark green variety rich in

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