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yellow milarite crystals from Jaquaraçu in Minas Gerais in Brazil

milarite

Kenngott in 1870 awarded it its name from its first assumed place of discovery: the Val Mila in Switzerland, but this is not certain.

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microlite triangle cut

microlite

Its name comes from the Greek “micro” to indicate that when discovered in 1835 it was only present in small crystals.

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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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yellow meionite from Madagascar

meionite

Discovered in 1801 by René Just Haüy, its name comes from the Greek in the sense that it would be “less than” … its pyramidal crystals would be less steep than those of vesuvianite. It is found in metamorphic rocks. The group of scapolites forms

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emerald cut magnetite from Congo

magnetite

Known since antiquity, Pliny the Elder mentioned it in the year 77, it was identified in 1845 by von Haidinger. It is named after the Greek “magnes”, which means magnet, it is found on Mount Magnetos in Greece. It is a naturally magnetic iron oxide

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green ludlamite crystal from Salsigne in France

ludlamite

identified by the English Henry Ludlam ( 1824 – 1880 )

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