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![triphyllite from Brazil](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/triphyllite-bresil41.png)
triphylite
Its name comes from the Greek “tria” for 3 and “phylon” family to signify that it contains three cations because it was believed that it contained lithium, magnesium and iron.
![staurolite from Brazil oval cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/staurotide-ovale-bresil56.png)
staurolite
It is named after his twins very frequently cross-shaped: the twin cross of St. Andrew (60 degrees) and that of the Greek cross (90 degrees), in Greek “stauros” means cross and “lithos”, stone, hence its name “cross stone”. Another twin “in wheel”shape exists in the
![trillion cut sinhalite from Sri lanka](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sinhalite-trillion-sri-lanka65.png)
![siderite round cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/siderite-taille-ronde70.png)
![crocidolite hawk’s eye](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/oeil-de-faucon-crocidolite-cabochon-bresil80.png)
compact quartz
This group includes compact quartz containing inclusions of another mineral which determines the appearance and color. Tiger’s Eye and Hawk Eye: The name comes from the fact that the polished cabochons show a light stripe evoking the split pupil of a tiger, the second name