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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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emerald cut mellite

mellite

Discovered in 1789, is a compound of organic origin. Its name comes from the Greek “melis” which means honey, referring to its color.

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meliphanite crystal from Norway

meliphanite

Discovered in 1852, its name comes from the Greek, “which resembles to honey” in connection with its honey-yellow color.

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nodule of malachite from Zaire

malachite

Described by Pliny in 77 AD., its name recalls and its fault, poor hardness “malakos” which means soft in Greek, as well as its green color “malake”, which means purple green in Greek. The Egyptians, the Greeks the Romans used it since ancient times. It

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