Je vous emmène à travers mes vidéos découvrir mon expérience acquise depuis plus de 30 ans a silloner le globe entier à la recherche de pierres précieuses, de rencontre mémorables mais aussi de difficulté parfois …
Identified by Werner in 1805 in the Austrian Alps, it was named after the Austrian Siegmund Zois, Baron von Edelstein (1747-1819). It is part of the epidote group. Its best-known variety is tanzanite which is not a mineral recognized by the International Mineralogical Commission for
It honors the name of the English mineralogist William Whewell (1794-1866). It is a component of kidney stones. The fine twinned crystals result from the reaction of the urine of horses working in the mines with the host rock.
Discovered in Sweden in 1878, its name comes from the Greek “thaumasion” which means surprising, in relation to its amazing chemical composition.
Discovered in 1851 at Djebel Haminate, in the area of Constantine in Algeria, its name honors the mineralogist Henri Hureau de Senarmont (1808-1862).
