What on Earth is This?
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What on Earth is Jade?
The beautiful gemstone Jade has been used for more than 5,000 years. It has been used historically for manufacturing weapons because of the stone's unmatched durability. Its use has been...
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What on Earth Is Shungite?
Shungite rock is a unique mineral and a stone believed to have incredible physical and healing properties often referred to as the Stone of Life and the Miracle Stone. The...
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What on Earth Is Moonstone?
Moonstone is a potassium feldspar, a rock-forming mineral of a beautiful, moon-like appearance. It's part of many myths and legends and is one of the more mystic stones. The Physical...
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What on Earth Is Malachite?
Malachite is a common, beautiful mineral, unique in appearance thanks to its formation process. Its bright coloring draws the eye immediately, whether is in its natural form or cut and...
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What on Earth Is Rose Quartz?
There are two varieties of quartz that are called rose quartz. They are commonly known as a stone for romantics, and it has a beautiful, sweet pink hue. The Physical...
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What on Earth Is Howlite?
Howlite is a calcium borosilicate hydroxide, and a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits. It was discovered in 1868 by a Canadian chemist, mineralogist, and geologist Henry How. The Physical...
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What on Earth Is Hematite?
Hematite is an iron oxide (Fe2O3), a rock-forming mineral abundantly found on Earth's surface and in the shallow crust. The Physical Properties of Hematite Hematite is found in igneous, metamorphic...
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What on Earth is Goldstone?
Goldstone is artificial glass which commonly imitates sunstone and aventurine. The cuprous oxide that fills the glass is reduced to metallic copper during annealing, which is what gives it the...
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What on Earth is Fluorite?
Fluorite (CaF2) is an industrial mineral used in many metallurgical, ceramic and chemical processes. It's a common rock-forming mineral, called fluorspar in the mining industry. The Physical Properties of Fluorite...
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What on Earth is Emerald?
Emeralds are gem-quality stones of the beryl mineral family found in igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Along with ruby and sapphire, emerald forms the big three of colored stones that...
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What on Earth Is Citrine?
Citrine is a variety of quartz found in igneous and metamorphic rocks (most often in gneiss and granite), as well as clastic sediments. The good crystals are found mostly in...
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What on Earth is Charoite?
Charoite is a silicate mineral which occurs in association with tinaksite and canasite. Its vivid color and other exciting properties often lead people to believe that it is a lab-created...
