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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 …

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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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cushion cut sphalerite from Picos de Europa, Santander in Spain

sphalerite

Its name comes from the Greek “sphaleros” meaning traitor, deceitful, because in its black variety it looked like galena but did not release lead during fusion … and because of its brightness was also confused with the diamond. It is the major ore of zinc.

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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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African serpentine oval cut

serpentine

Serpentine, or rather the serpentines, is a group of over 20 minerals quite difficult to differentiate the one from the other, the best known of whom are : antigorite, chrysotile and lizardite. These Phyllosilicates are weathering products of magnesium silicates. The Ophite, sometimes called “ophite

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serandite from Quebec in Canada cabochon cut

serandite

found in 1931, it honors the african mineralogist J.M. Serand

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emerald cut sellaite

sellaite

Discovered in France in 1868, it honors the name of the Italian mineralogist Quintino Sella (1827-1884). This is a fluoride such as fluorite, but of magnesium.

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