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native silver crystals from Mexico

silver

Its name comes from the Latin argentum, it is found in hydrothermal veins. Its softness, its malleability, its low melting point and its brightness made it a popular metal for jewelry since ancient times. But it is as a currency that it has gained fame

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thulite of Norway cut in cabochon

zoisite

Identified by Werner in 1805 in the Austrian Alps, it was named after the Austrian Siegmund Zois, Baron von Edelstein (1747-1819). It is part of the epidote group. Its best-known variety is tanzanite which is not a mineral recognized by the International Mineralogical Commission for

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wulfenite from U.S. square cut

wulfenite

Discovered in 1845, it honors the name of the Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728-1805).

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wolframite emerald cut

wolframite

Its name comes from the german, “ wolfram” being the name of tungsten, which is its main component. The hubnerite variety is rich in manganese, of a rather red color, transparent and in slices, it was named after the german Adolph Huebner. The ferberite variety

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vesuvianite from Kenia

vesuvianite

Its name comes from the Vesuvius (Italy) where it was discovered, it is also called vesuvienne, idocrase, wiluite (form the Wilui River in Yakutia, Russia). The californite variety, discovered in 1963 by the famous mineralogist Kunz, is a massive, persistent and green variety of vesuvianite

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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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