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pyrolusite crystals from Germany

pyrolusite

Identified and named in 1827, its name comes from the Greek words meaning “fire” and “who washes”, as it was used to remove from glass its green and brown color due to iron. This is the main element of “dendrites ” black seepage into the

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oval cut pyrite from Madagascar

pyrite

As warm sparks spring when striking it (and they ignite the tinder, it was used by the Roman legionaries), it is so named from the Greek “pyros” for fire. The Incas used it as mirrors. It is often confused with marcasite but this last one,

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emerald cut pyrargyrite

pyrargyrite

Described in 1831 by Glocker, its name comes from the Greek “pyros” meaning fire and “Argyros” for money. It is a silver salt of a fire red color.

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purpurite from United States

purpurite

Discovered in 1905, its name comes from the Latin “purpura” that matches its color, purple. Forms a series with the heterosite which is the iron pole while purpurite the Manganese pole.

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pear cabochon of blue pietersite from China

pietersite

Discovered in 1962 by Pieters in Namibia, this breach consists of an hawk eye and a tiger’s eye (crocidolite). Subsequently, it was discovered in China a rock quite close in appearance to Pietersite, which would be a amphibole rich in torendrikite instead of crocidolite. This

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sunstone form India

sunstone

It consists of feldspar, mostly plagioclase and mainly oligoclase, some andesine and labradorite and has a characteristic appearance: there is a flicker of small metallic flakes inside an orange mass, this is why it was given the name of sunstone, or héliolite. This orange optical

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