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Larimar
Larimar is a blue to blue-green variety of pectolite, a calcium sodium silicate mineral. The color is associated with copper and commonly appears in irregular patterns that resemble clouds, waves, or pale sea water. Larimar is found in the Dominican Republic, particularly in the southwestern province of Barahona, where it occurs in volcanic rock. It is mainly cut into cabochons, beads, and polishe...
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Gahnite
Gahnite is the zinc-rich spinel-group mineral with the ideal formula ZnAl2O4. It was described from the Falun mine in Sweden in 1807, and its name honors Swedish chemist and mineralogist Johan Gottlieb Gahn. It commonly forms dark green, bluish green, blue, or nearly black crystals and granular masses in granite pegmatites, metamorphic rocks, and metamorphosed sulfide deposits; specimens are chief...
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