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![yellow zircon of Sri Lanka brilliant cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zircon-taille-diamant-sri-lanka19.png)
![cabochon of African unakite](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/unakite-cabochon-afrique36.png)
unakite
This is an altered granite composed of pink feldspar, green epidote and colorless or brown quartz. When unakite is not too altered is a beautiful stone combining pistachio green epidote with salmon pink feldspar. It owes its name to Unaka Range located between Tennessee and
![rubellite variety of tourmaline from Brazil](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tourmaline-rose-taillee-bresil43.png)
tourmaline
Its name comes from Sri Lanka, Ceylon, where it was called “tourmali” or “torra molli”, stone attracting ashes, it is considered as a colored zircon. It was not until 1703 that the Dutch brought it to Europe. It was identified by Buffon in 1759. It
![green chrome titanite cushion cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/titanite-sphene-chromifere45.png)
titanite
Identified in 1795, its name expresses its high content of titanium. It has long been known as sphene, which came from the Greek “sphenos” for corner, which described very well the shape of its wedge-shaped crystals. Brookite, of the same composition, crystallizes in another crystal
![sugilite from Wessels Mine, Kalahari in South Africa, cabochon cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sugilite-cabochon-wessels-mine-kalahari-afrique-du-sud51.png)
![cushion cut spinel from Tanzania](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spinelle-coussin-tanzanie57.png)