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axinite from Brazil navette cut

axinite

It is the form of its crystals with sharp edges, ax shaped , which gave its name derived from “axinos” in Greek. It was discovered by Schreiber in France in the Massif de l’Oisans it was Romé Isle who described and identified it and René

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cushion cut green apatite

apatite

This is the most common phosphate found in nature, its name comes from the Greek “apatein” to deceive, referring to the long confusions made by Werner between this stone and emerald. This is the main constituent of bones and teeth in its hydroxylapatite form. It

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red andesine from China

andesine

A feldspar from the family of plagioclases, discovered in 1841 in Marmato in Colombia, is named after its abundant presence in the Andes in South America. A blood red variety, whose color is due to copper, was discovered in 2002 Congo near the Goma region.

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oval cut anatase

anatase

Its name comes from the Greek “anastasis” which means stretched, elongated, as the form of its bipyramid crystals. It was discovered in France, in Bourg d’Oisans in Isere, by Schreiber in the late eighteenth century, but it is Haüy who attributed its name in 1801.

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amblygonite from Brazil oval cut

amblygonite

The German mineralogist Breithaupt described and identified it in 1817. Its name comes from the angle formed at its cleavage, in Greek “Amblus” meaning “obtuse” and “Gonia” which means “angle”, as opposed to scapolite with which it was often confused. It forms a continuous series

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oval cut albite

albite

Found in 1815, it name comes from the Latin “albus”, white. It is the sodium end member of the albite-anorthite series of the plagioclase group. It is a very common and widespread mineral. The peristerite shows phenomenon of adularescence same as moonstone.

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