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![durangite crystals from Mexico](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/durangite-cristaux-mexique186.png)
![cabochon of dumortierite from Africa](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dumortierite-cabochon-afrique187.png)
dumortierite
Its name honors Eugene Dumortier, a paleontologist from Lyon (France )(1802-1873). It occurs most commonly as quartz inclusions, it is then called “blue aventurine”.
![oval cut dolomite from Brazil](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dolomite-ovale-bresil188.png)
![dioptase from Zaire cut in cabochon](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dioptase-cabochon-zaire189.png)
![yellow green diopside from Sri Lanka cushion cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/diopside-coussin-sri-lanka190.png)
diopside
Its name comes from the Greek, “two” and “appearance” because of the double surface appearance of the prism when it is crystallized. Diopside is also “starred”, “shimmering” and the chromite variety, gemstone essentially coming from Russia, is emerald green. A deposit in Piedmont( Italy )
![descloizite rectangular cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/descloizite-rectangulaire193.png)
descloizite
Its name honors the French mineralogist Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817-1897), it was discovered in 1854 in the Sierra de Cordoba in Argentina. The best crystals are from Namibia. The mottramite is a vanadate of lead and copper.