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Carnelian is a red variety of chalcedony, which itself is a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz. The formula for this family of minerals is SiO2. Carnelian owes its color to he...
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Name :
Aventurine and Aventurine Quartz: (Variety of Quartz or Quartzite)
Etymology:
From Italian avventura = chance | NB: "Aventurine", when written alone, descri...
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Names) :
Bull's eye (variety of quartz).
Etymology:
Based on color and appearance.
Group, Family:
Quartz family (Microcrystalline/Cryptocrystalline).
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Names) :
Hawk's eye (quartz variety).
Etymology:
According to the characteristic color and appearance.
Group, Family:
Quartz family (Microcrystalline/Crypt...
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Name :
Sodalite or Hackmanite.
Etymology :
Sodalite: According to chemical composition (Thomson, 1811).
Hackmanite: According to the Finnish geologist Victor Ha...
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Names) :
Pyrite.
Etymology:
From the Greek pure=fire.
Group, Family:
Pyrite Group.
Color :
Brass yellow to metallic dark yellow "Grey-...
