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ilvaite pear cut

ilvaite

Its name comes from the ancient name of Elba in Italy (Ilva), where it was identified in 1811.

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vivianite emerald cut

vivianite

Its name honors the British mineralogist J. G. Vivian. Colorless when fresh, it turns green blue, dark blue or black by partial oxidation of its iron. The crystals aggregates forming wheels come from Cameroon.

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villiaumite crystal from Namibia

villiaumite

Its name honors Maxime Villiaume, French soldier and explorer who made collections of minerals from Madagascar and Guinea. The villiaumite was found in its samples coming from Guinea (Rouma Island). For gemologists: watch this stone has an significant polarization abnormality, while being isotropic.

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green chrome titanite cushion cut

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

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manganotantalite rectangular cut

tantalite

In the family of colombo – tantalites the tantalites can be high in iron or manganese. The iron-rich variety is sometimes called niobite. The rich in manganese, manganotantalite.

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staurolite from Brazil oval cut

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

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