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oval cut danburite from Mexico

danburite

It owes its name to Danbury (Connecticut, United States), where she was discovered in the nineteenth century. In a similar hardness as quartz, it does not exist in brightly colored varieties.

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oval cut kyanite from Nepal

kyanite

Its name recalls its dominant color : blue in Greek (cyan). Sometimes colorless, but generally blue to bluish green, this gemstone has a hardness ranging, with its texture in plans, from 4.5 (direction of elongation) at 6 to 7 (perpendicular to the elongation). It also

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red cuprite from Namibia oval cut

cuprite

Its name comes from the Latin “Cuprum” which means copper, it was discovered by von Haidinger in 1845. The chaloctrichite is a form that looks like thin hair hence the name derived from Greek (copper hair). There are massive varieties mixed with chrysocolla and tenorite

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crocoite crystals from Tasmania Australia

crocoite

It is named after the “crocus” as the color of its powder is saffron (which comes from this plant). It was discovered in 1766 in Berezov in the Urals (Russia). It was then called “Siberian red lead”, then it was named crocoïse by Beudant and

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creedite purple crystals of Santa Eulalia, Mexico

creedite

Described in 1916 by Larsen and Wells, it owes its name to the town of Colorado (USA) where it has been identified: Creede quadrangle. It is a calcium sulfate and hydrated aluminum fluoride.

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cushion cut iolite from India

iolite

It was also known as “dichroïte” (because of its strong dichroism) or “iolite” (because of its purple color), the anglo-saxons still call it by that name. It honors the name of the French geologist Cordier, Professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

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