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2. Prasiolite - Wikipedia

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   Other names for green quartz include vermarine and lime citrine. [7] The word prasiolite literally means "scallion green-colored stone" and is derived from Greek πράσον prason meaning "leek" and λίθος lithos meaning "stone". The mineral was given its name due to its green-colored appearance. Natural prasiolite is a very light ...

3. Aventurine - Wikipedia

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   Aventurine is used for a number of applications, including landscape stone, building stone, aquaria, monuments, and jewelry. Aventurine is a form of quartzite , characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give it a shimmering or glistening effect termed aventurescence .

4. Tsavorite - Wikipedia

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   The gemstone was known only to mineral specialists until 1974, when Tiffany and Co launched a marketing campaign which brought broader recognition of the stone. [ 3 ] Bridges was murdered in 2009 when a mob attacked him and his son on their property in Tsavo East National Park .

5. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   In Assyria, men and women both wore extensive amounts of jewellery, including amulets, ankle bracelets, heavy multi-strand necklaces, and cylinder seals. [ 39 ] Jewellery in Mesopotamia tended to be manufactured from thin metal leaf and was set with large numbers of brightly coloured stones (chiefly agate, lapis, carnelian, and jasper).

6. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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   Actinolite. Nephrite (var.); Adamite; Aegirine; Afghanite; Agrellite; Algodonite; Alunite; Amblygonite; Analcime; Anatase; Andalusite. Chiastolite; Andesine ...

7. Luminous gemstones - Wikipedia

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   The OED defines pyrope (from Greek Πυρωπός, lit. "fire-eyed")" as: "In early use applied vaguely to a red or fiery gem, as ruby or carbuncle; (mineralogy) the Bohemian garnet or fire-garnet"; and carbuncle or carbuncle-stone (from Latin "carbunculus", "small glowing ember") as: "A name variously applied to precious stones of a red or ...