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emerald cut natrolite from Russia

natrolite

This is a zeolite, its name comes from the Latin “natron” which means sodium, it has been identified by Klaproth in 1803. Mooraboolite is a variety rich in potassium. Galactite a variety rich in calcium.

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muscovite crystals from Afghanistan

muscovite

Discovered by the famous mineralogist James Dwight Dana in 1850, it owes its name to the “glass of Moscow” (vitrum muscoviticum), as the large plates, heat-resistant were used as windows for stoves and furnaces in this region. The hardness varies from one to two depending

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baguette cut mesolite

mesolite

Discovered in 1816 in Sicily, its name comes from the Greek “mesos” meaning middle, because its composition is between that of natrolite and that of scolecite. Sometimes it resembles natrolite in its composition and its spherical clumps of acicular crystals.

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emerald cut magnetite from Congo

magnetite

Known since antiquity, Pliny the Elder mentioned it in the year 77, it was identified in 1845 by von Haidinger. It is named after the Greek “magnes”, which means magnet, it is found on Mount Magnetos in Greece. It is a naturally magnetic iron oxide

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emerald cut magnesite from Brazil

magnesite

Described in 1808 by German mathematician Karsten (1768-1810), it owes its name to its component: magnesium and the town of Greece, Magnesia, where it came from.

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cabochon cut lepidolite

lepidolite

Its name comes from the Greek “lepidos” for scale and “lithos” meaning stone, meaning a stone formed of scales stacked in staircase shape. Discovered in Moravia, Czech Republic, it is very close to another mica called muscovite, and for some it is not really a

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