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blue hemimorphite cabochon from D.R.Congo

hemimorphite

Its name comes from the Greek “hemi,” half and “morpho” to form, due to the different shape of the tip of its doubly terminated crystals. It was identified by Kenngott in 1853. There is a “matrix” form blue and banded. As Tourmaline it presents the

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pink fluorite from Brazil cushion cut

fluorite

It is known since antiquity, its name comes from the Latin verb “fluere” which means “ to flow “ because it was already used as a flux in metallurgy. The composition evokes the name of this mineral: it contains fluorine, an element which was so

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eudialyte from Russia polished in cabochon

eudialyte

Discovered in 1819 in Greenland, it is named after the Greek “eu”, easy, and “dialytos”, – which breaks down because it is easily dissolved in acid -.

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exceptional blue cut euclase from Colombia

euclase

Because of its perfect cleavage it is so named from the Greek “eu” for easy and “klasis” for breaking. It breaks into strips very easily. Colorless in general, it is in its blue variety that is mostly sought.

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cabochon of dumortierite from Africa

dumortierite

Its name honors Eugene Dumortier, a paleontologist from Lyon (France )(1802-1873). It occurs most commonly as quartz inclusions, it is then called “blue aventurine”.

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orbicular diorite from Corsica

orbicular diorite

Successively described and analyzed by many specialists since 1851, its a mixture of feldspar, hornblende, biotite (black mica) and quartz. It is considered an intrusive rock with a texture similar to “granite”, the term “granite” designating a hard stone used in civil engineering. The matrix

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