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It is named after the locality where it was discovered: Johachido District in North Korea. Recent discovery at Mogok in Burma of a variety of beautiful yellow-orange gem quality stones.
In the nineteenth century, it was shown that the so-called “jade” actually consisted of two distinct minerals: The “Jadeite”, of the pyroxene family, is the hardest and most rare, it has a crystalline sound, its color varies from white to dark green, even lavender. The
Its name comes from the Latin ebur”, “eboris” which is an animal substance known since prehistoric times : the famous lady Brassempouy of the Saint-Germain-en-Laye Museum is famous worldwide, ivory has been used in antiquity, the middle ages, the renaissance period to the “art Deco”
Its name honors Siegmund August Wolfgang von Herder (1776-1838) who identified it. It is found associated with herderite, besides many specimens called herderite are actually of hydroxylherderite.
As for the apatite, its name derives from the Greek to indicate that the apatite has often been confused with other gems, plus the mention of “hydroxy”added . This is a major constituent of bones and teeth.There is a very dark green variety rich in
