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A good quality unakite is considered a semiprecious stone; it will take a good polish and is often used in jewelry as beads or cabochons and other lapidary work such as eggs, spheres and animal carvings. It is also referred to as epidotized or epidote granite.
Unakite; Chatoyant gems. Some minerals made into gemstones may display a chatoyancy or cat's eye effect, these include: [1] Actinolite; Andalusite; Apatite; Beryl.
I personally don't think so, because I'd be hard pressed to spot the difference between a shoshonite and an adakite in the field or under a microscope. So we need to think about how to link to another list of these types of "rocks", and where to list archaic or out-of-use names for rocks eg, borolanite, etc.
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A puzzle box (also called a secret box or trick box) is a box that can be opened only by solving a puzzle. Some require only a simple move and others a series of discoveries. Modern puzzle boxes developed from furniture and jewelry boxes with secret compartments and hidden openings, known since the Renaissance.
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