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blue hemimorphite cabochon from D.R.Congo

hemimorphite

Its name comes from the Greek “hemi,” half and “morpho” to form, due to the different shape of the tip of its doubly terminated crystals. It was identified by Kenngott in 1853. There is a “matrix” form blue and banded. As Tourmaline it presents the

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hauyne oval cut

hauyne

Its name honors the French crystallographer René Just Hauy (1743-1822), who discovered it in 1807 in Italy on Mount Vesuvius. The most beautiful gem crystals, come from the Eifel Mountains in southern Germany.

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hambergite rectangular cut

hambergite

It honors the Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863-1933).

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greenokite from Bishoptown in Scotland

greenockite

Its name honors Lord Greenock, from Greenock in Scotland where it was discovered in 1840.

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pink fluorite from Brazil cushion cut

fluorite

It is known since antiquity, its name comes from the Latin verb “fluere” which means “ to flow “ because it was already used as a flux in metallurgy. The composition evokes the name of this mineral: it contains fluorine, an element which was so

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eudialyte from Russia polished in cabochon

eudialyte

Discovered in 1819 in Greenland, it is named after the Greek “eu”, easy, and “dialytos”, – which breaks down because it is easily dissolved in acid -.

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