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epidote from Pakistan

epidote

Its name comes from the Greek “epidosis” for generous, that lives largely, referring to its crystalline form, which is a juxtaposition of numerous slender prisms. Its former name, pistachite, was referring to its color. There are several varieties: The variety clinozoisite, is a dimorph of

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cabochon of dumortierite from Africa

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”.

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yellow green diopside from Sri Lanka cushion cut

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 )

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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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citrine from Brazil, oval cut

citrine

It is a yellow variety of quartz. Its name comes from the Latin “citrus”, this gem owes its name to its lemon yellow color due to its iron content but the name was male until the seventeenth century (citrine quartz). The natural citrines, of a

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chalcopyrite cut in cabochon

chalcopyrite

Its name comes from the Greek “chalcos”, which means copper and pyrite: this is a copper pyrites. It was identified in 1725 by Henckel. Chalcopyrite may contain gold in small quantities, it is then exploited for this precious metal.

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