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Blue John (also
known as
Derbyshire Spar) is a semi-precious
mineral, a rare form of
fluorite with
bands of a purple-
blue or
yellowish colour. In the...
- a
mineral consisting of
strontium sulfate (SrSO4). The
mineral is
named for its
occasional delicate blue color.
Celestine and the
carbonate mineral strontianite...
- In
geology and mineralogy, a
mineral or
mineral species is,
broadly speaking, a
solid substance with a
fairly well-defined
chemical composition and a specific...
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Topaz is a
silicate mineral made of
aluminum and
fluorine with the
chemical formula Al2SiO4(F, OH)2. It is used as a
gemstone in
jewelry and
other adornments...
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Larimar is the
tradename for a rare
blue variety of the
silicate mineral pectolite found only in
Dominican Republic,
around the city of Barahona. Its coloration...
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Azurite or
Azure spar: 14 is a soft, deep-
blue copper mineral produced by
weathering of
copper ore deposits.
During the
early 19th century, it was also...
- salt, is a type of salt, the
mineral (natural) form of
sodium chloride (NaCl).
Halite forms isometric crystals. The
mineral is
typically colorless or white...
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Quartz is a hard,
crystalline mineral composed of
silica (silicon dioxide). The
atoms are
linked in a
continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra...
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Zircon (/ˈzɜːrkɒn, -kən/) is a
mineral belonging to the
group of
nesosilicates and is a
source of the
metal zirconium. Its
chemical name is zirconium(IV)...
- and ἄνθος (ánthos) 'flower, bloom') is a
richly colored blue-green water-soluble
sulfate mineral CuSO4·5H2O. It is
commonly found in the late-stage oxidation...
