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witherite round cut

witherite

Its name honors the British physician and mineralogist W. Withering (1741-1799). Witherite is toxic in powder.

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emerald cut willemite

willemite

Discovered in 1830 and named in honor of King Willem I of the Netherlands.

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whewellite fancy cut

whewellite

It honors the name of the English mineralogist William Whewell (1794-1866). It is a component of kidney stones. The fine twinned crystals result from the reaction of the urine of horses working in the mines with the host rock.

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vlasovite fancy cut

vlasovite

Discovered in the Kola peninsula in Russia, it honors the name of the Russian mineralogist Kuzma Alekseevich Vlasov (1905-1964).

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variscite cabochon from United States

variscite

It recalls the old name of Vogtland (southern Saxony, Germany) called Variscia in Latin, where it was discovered in the valley of the Mess. A massive variety, found in the United States (Nevada,) with interpenetration of veinlets or quartz nodules and chalcedony, is called “amatrix”

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cabochon of ussingite from Russia

ussingite

Discovered in 1914, its name honors the Danish mineralogist Niels Viggo Ussing (1864-1911)

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