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monazite pear cut

monazite

Its name comes from the Greek, meaning “alone”, because its crystals are found isolated on the rock or some other mineral, and plus it is a rare mineral. This mineral contains thorium and is naturally radioactive.

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yellow cushion cut tectite from Lybia

moldavite

This is actually one kind of tektite: these are fragments of terrestrial rocks melted by the impact of a large meteorite, their name coming from the Greek “têktos”, to melt, which were first found on the Vltava River a river of the Czech Republic, since

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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 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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lithiophilite cut in cabochon

lithiophilite

Its name comes from its composition of lithium and the Greek “philos” friend.

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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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