![yellow rhodizite from Madagascar](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/rhodizite-madagascar79.png)
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![yellow rhodizite from Madagascar](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/rhodizite-madagascar79.png)
![prehnite crystals from India](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/prehnite-cristaux-inde89.png)
![oval cut powellite from India](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/powellite-taille-ovale-inde90.png)
![square cut poudrettite](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/poudrettite-carree91.png)
poudretteite
It owes its name to “Poudrette Quarry” in Mont Saint-Hilaire in Canada where it was discovered. The deep pink gem variety can be cut and was not discovered until 2001.
![phosphophyllite oval cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/phosphophyllite-ovale95.png)
phosphophyllite
Its name recalls that it is a phosphate, and its cleavage causes leaves: it comes from the Greek “Phillon” meaning leaf. It’s a stone sought after for its beautiful bluish green color.
![cabochon of larimar from Dominican Republic](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pectolite-larimar-cabochon-republique-dominicaine102.png)
pectolite
The blue and white larimar is the only variety of this stone sought. Known since the early twentieth century, the blue variety of volcanic origin was rediscovered in 1974 in the Dominican Republic. Its name was assigned by its discoverer Miguel Mendez: Lari (the beginning