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Grossular or Grossularite garnet is one of the most important varieties of garnet gems. Its name comes from the Latin word “Reassembly a Gooseberry,” meaning "green fruit." But another said that it came from the Russian botanical name “TpoccyJIPHH,” which was named...

The word Lazulite comes from the Latin word “Lazurius,” which evolved from the Arabic word “Azul,” meaning sky, heaven and blue. Lazulite is an uncommon gem mineral, and massive Lazulite is obviously purple-blue. Some of them are like lapis lazuli, which belongs to...

Amblygonite comes from the Greek words "blunt" and "angle", which means that it has the shape of crystals. Amblygonite is a rare gem mineral. Because of its poor quality and color, many people use it as an ornamental stone or a collection, but few use it as a gem....

Many gemstones have some special common names, but country-named gems like spessartine garnet are even more unique, and what the market calls "Hollandite" is Spessartite Garnet. The name of Spessartite is named after Spessart in Bavaria, Germany. In addition to being...

Garnet group minerals can be divided into two series: almandine series: (Mg, Fe, Mn) 3Al2 [SiO4] 3; Andradite series: Ca3 (Al, Fe, Cr, Ti, V, Zr) 2 [SiO4] 3; In addition, there are blythite(Mn3Mn2 [SiO4] 3), calderite (Mn3Fe2 [SiO4] 3), skiagite, (Fe3Fe2 [SiO4] 3),...

The name Axinite comes from the Greek "axe," which means cherry-shaped crystal, Axe-shaped or knife-edge shaped. Someone found magnesium containing Axinite with gem value In 1976. Axinite is a complex boroaluminosilicate, which is the product of the interaction...

Augelite stone is a kind of aluminum phosphate mineral, which is named after its surface and cleavage surface have silk luster. Augelite is produced in andalusite and sillimanite mines, often symbiotic with Variscite and lazulite. It belongs to the Monocline system;...

Hydrogrossular is a subspecies of grossular. When SiO2 is insufficient, 4 (OH) will replace 1 [SiO4] to form Hydrogrossular, with the chemical formula of Ca3 Al2 (SiO4) 3-x (OH) 4x. Hydrogrossular jade is a kind of jade with Hydrogrossular as the main mineral...

The name Enstatite comes from Greek, which means confrontation, and is named because of its high melting point. Enstatite belongs to the pyroxene group, and is mainly produced in basic and ultrabasic igneous rocks rich in magnesium. It belongs to the Orthorhombic...