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silver color pearl from Lombok in Indonesia

pearl

The “fine” pearls are mentioned in texts dating from 2300 BC. and the oldest necklace dates from the fifth century BC. They were the object of lust of Roman Emperors, Cleopatra, Chinese Emperors, the Maharajas in India. Pearls in Europe enjoyed a great vogue when

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cabochon of larimar from Dominican Republic

pectolite

The blue and white larimar is the only variety of this stone sought. Known since the early twentieth century, the blue variety of volcanic origin was rediscovered in 1974 in the Dominican Republic. Its name was assigned by its discoverer Miguel Mendez: Lari (the beginning

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parisite from Colombia oval cut

parisite

it was named in honor of J.J.Paris, owner of an emerald mine in Muzo in Colombia, where it was discovered.

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oval cut pargasite from Mogok in Burma

pargasite

It is named after the town of Pargas in Finland,, where it was discovered in 1814. A green variety comes from Vietnam and Pakistan. The variety where iron replaces magnesium is called ferropargasite.

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palygorskyte from Bois Noir in the Loire in France

palygorskite

Identified in 1862, its name comes from that of a deposit in the Urals in Russia. Sometimes called “angel skin opal” because of its resemblance, but it’s not an opal.

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cut painite from Mogok in Burma

painite

Discovered in 1956, its name honors the English mineralogist Arthur Charles Davy Pain. In 2001 a gem variety of a nice red color was discovered.

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