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green ludlamite crystal from Salsigne in France

ludlamite

identified by the English Henry Ludlam ( 1824 – 1880 )

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leucite round cut

leucite

Its name coming from the Greek “Leucos” shows its white color. Rarely used as a gem stone, it is found mainly in volcanic lava in small white crystals isolated and well faceted.

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legrandite emerald cut

legrandite

Identified in 1932 by Drugman and Hey, its name honors the Belgian mining engineer, Legrand.

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labradorite crystal from Finland with the phenomenon of blue labradorescence

labradorite

This plagioclase was discovered in 1770 in the Labrador region in Canada, which gave it its name. It is part of the albite-anorthite series. Its characteristic is a set of iridescent colors that can be observed by changing its position relatively to the light, this

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pink kunzite from Patroke in Afghanistan trillion cut

kunzite

It is a variety of spodumene, which is named after the American mineralogist and gemologist G. E. Kunz who analyzed it first, in 1902. The kunzite has a unique color due to manganese : pink purple more or less intense depending on the crystal orientation

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yellow komerupine form Sri Lanka oval cut

kornerupine

Mineral honoring the young Danish geologist Andreas N. Kornerup (1857-1881) who discovered it in Greenland. Sometimes it can present a speckle of the type “cat eye”. Often brown and dark, beautiful yellow-green varieties are from Sri Lanka and it has now been discovered in emerald

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