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cabochon cut lepidolite

lepidolite

Its name comes from the Greek “lepidos” for scale and “lithos” meaning stone, meaning a stone formed of scales stacked in staircase shape. Discovered in Moravia, Czech Republic, it is very close to another mica called muscovite, and for some it is not really a

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lazurite crystal from Sar-e-Sang in Afghanistan

lazurite

Discovered in 1890, its name comes from the Persian “Lazhward” which means blue. This is the main component of lapis lazuli, that gives it its beautiful ultramarine blue color. Pure crushed lazurite gives the blue pigment used since antiquity. The Egyptians went to Afghanistan to

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pink kunzite from Patroke in Afghanistan trillion cut

kunzite

It is a variety of spodumene, which is named after the American mineralogist and gemologist G. E. Kunz who analyzed it first, in 1902. The kunzite has a unique color due to manganese : pink purple more or less intense depending on the crystal orientation

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yellow komerupine form Sri Lanka oval cut

kornerupine

Mineral honoring the young Danish geologist Andreas N. Kornerup (1857-1881) who discovered it in Greenland. Sometimes it can present a speckle of the type “cat eye”. Often brown and dark, beautiful yellow-green varieties are from Sri Lanka and it has now been discovered in emerald

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kammererite fancy cut

kammererite

It was identified in 1841 by the Finnish mineralogist Nordenskiöld. Its name honors the Russian mining engineer Kammerer from St. Petersburg. The kammérérite, of a beautiful fuchsia pink, is a chromian variety of clinochlore whose name comes the Greek “klino”, for its oblique axis tilted

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imperial jade from Burma cut in cabochon

jade

In the nineteenth century, it was shown that the so-called “jade” actually consisted of two distinct minerals: The “Jadeite”, of the pyroxene family, is the hardest and most rare, it has a crystalline sound, its color varies from white to dark green, even lavender. The

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