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21 Cards in this Set
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CORUNDUM
HEAT ENHANCED |
RUBY
SAPPHIRE |
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ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR SPECIES
H. 6 MONOCLINIC |
VARIETIES----
MOONSTONE(W/ OPALESCENCE) ADVENTURINE(HEMATITE) |
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K(POTASSIUM)-FELDSPARS
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SPECIES-----
MICROCLINE SANIDINE ORTHOCLASE(most important is Moonstone) |
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MALACHITE
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BRIGHT GREEN
MONOCLINIC |
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CHRYSOBERYL
3 rare varieties |
PHENOMENAL V.
CAT'S EYE-chatoyant ALEXANDRITE-color change "AND" CAT'S-EYE ALEXANDRITE-both |
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OGLIOCLASE FELDSPAR SPECIES
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SUNSTONE
MOONSTONE |
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MOONSTONE
-ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR |
Ehibits "adularescence" and "chatoyancy" cat's eye
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ANDALUSITE
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EXHIBITS PLEOCHROISM
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LAPIS LAZULI
DYED A MORE EVEN BLUE |
MIXTURE OF FELDSPARS AND IS A ROCK "NOT A MINERAL"
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FELDSPAR(PLAGIOCLASE)
ADVENTURINE |
50-60% OF EARTH'S CRUST
ALBITE OLIGOCLASE ANDESINE LABRADORITE BYTOWNITE ANORTHITE |
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JADE
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2 SPECIES
JADEITE (PYROXENE) AND NEPHRITE (AMPHIBOLE) |
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S. SPESSARTITE
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V.--MALAIA--COLOR CHANGE
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(QUARTZ)CHALCEDONY
ALL COLORS HEXAGONAL Most color enhanced |
Agate, Bloodstone (Heliotrope), Blue Mist Chalcedony, Carnelian, Chrysoprase, Holly Blue, Jasper, Onyx, Orange Chalcedony, Sardonyx, Tiger's eye, Sard, Flint,
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S. GROSSULARITE
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V.--Hessonite,
Tsavorite Hydrogrossular--Hibschite and Katoite |
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GARNET-GROUP
ALL COLORS EX. BLUE |
SPECIES---
Pyrope Almandite Spessartine Grossularite Andradite Uvaroite |
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S. ALMANDITE
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V.--Almandite
Never pure in nature mix almandite/pyrope shows asterism |
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S. PYROPE
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V.--RHODALITE..
Has some color change properties Some asterism 4 & 6 rayed |
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QUARTZ-COARSE OR GRANULAR
EXHIBIT CHATOYANCY, ASTERISM |
AMETHYST-BLUE TO PURPLE
CITRINE-,AMETHYST/CITRINE-,SMOKY QUARTZ-,ROSE-,MILKY CAT'S-EYE,TIGER'S EYE,AND "ADVENTURINE" |
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BERYL
CRYS-HEXAGONAL H-7.5 |
EMERALD-GREEN trapiche
HELIODOR-GREENISH YELLOW MORGANITE-PINK GOSHENITE-COLORLESS RED BERYL(BIXBITE) GOLDEN BERYL GREEN BERYL-YELLOWISH GREEN AQUAMARINE-BLUE "MAXIXE" unstable blue |
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S. UVAROITE
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V.--DK. GREEN (CHROMIUM)
TOO SMALL FOR CUTTING |
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S. ANDRADITE
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V. DEMANTOID-GREEN
TOPAZLITE MELANITE (OPAQUE) EXHIBITS CHATOYANCY AND IRIDESCENCE |
