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pink crystals of stolzite from Zinnwald of Bohemia

stolzite

Identified in 1845, its name honors the Czech mineralogist Joseph Alexis Stolz (1803-1896) who discovered it.

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stichtite cut in cabochon

stichtite

It is named after Robert Stich, the mine owner, where she was discovered in 1910, in Tasmania, Australia.

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staurolite from Brazil oval cut

staurolite

It is named after his twins very frequently cross-shaped: the twin cross of St. Andrew (60 degrees) and that of the Greek cross (90 degrees), in Greek “stauros” means cross and “lithos”, stone, hence its name “cross stone”. Another twin “in wheel”shape exists in the

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pink spherocobaltite from Morocco

spherocobaltite

Its name comes from the Greek “sphaira” for sphere and from its composition with cobalt, which gives it its color, this is a rare stone. It’a a Cobalt Carbonate that is often wrongly called “cobaltoan calcite” Cobaltoan calcite chemically is a pink calcite owed to

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oval cut sulfur

sulfur

It has been known since antiquity, its name comes from the Sanskrit “çulbâri” meaning “enemy of copper” or from the Latin “sulpur”. Reduced in powder it was used to repel insects and burned to keep away the “vermin” and the “enemies”. A component of gunpowder

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cabochon of hackmanite from Afghanistan

sodalite

This is a feldspathoid, his name refers to its high sodium content. Its purplish-blue color is often streaked with white feldspar veinlets. The Hackmanite is a pink-purple variety discovered in Quebec, Canada. In its formula sulfur has been replaced by chlorine, and has an amazing

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