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Names) :
Moss agate (variety of chalcedony).
Etymology:
Agate: Named after the Achates River in southern Sicily. | Moss: From the fibrous, green structure of th...
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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) :
Fluorite* / Fluorite.
Etymology :
From Latin fluere = to flow (Napione 1797).
Color :
Colorless, White, Yellow, Dark Yellow, Orange, Apple G...
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Bronzite.
Etymology:
According to the characteristic bronze color.
Group, Family:
Pyroxenes Group (Orthopyroxenes).
Color :
Colo...
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Nephrite / Jade-nephrite / "Jade" (variety of actinolite).
Etymology:
Nephrite: From the Greek nephros=kidney (Werner, 1780) probably due to the shape of t...
