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Turquoise

🔍 Turquoise is a triclinic system mineral, hydrated basic phosphate of aluminum and copper, generally found in compact masses with a cryptocrystalline structure. Chemical formula : CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O Hardness...

Turquoise

🔍 Turquoise is a triclinic system mineral, hydrated basic phosphate of aluminum and copper, generally found in compact masses with a cryptocrystalline structure. Chemical formula : CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O Hardness...

Opal

🔍 Opal is an amorphous colloidal mineral made up of hydrated silica, present in numerous varieties of colors and iridescences in the form of veins, granules and crusts in eruptive...

Opal

🔍 Opal is an amorphous colloidal mineral made up of hydrated silica, present in numerous varieties of colors and iridescences in the form of veins, granules and crusts in eruptive...

Malachite

🔍 Carbonate is a secondary mineral of copper, made up of basic copper carbonate. It occurs in crystals, generally thin, gathered in tufts or rosettes; spreading in a massive or...

Malachite

🔍 Carbonate is a secondary mineral of copper, made up of basic copper carbonate. It occurs in crystals, generally thin, gathered in tufts or rosettes; spreading in a massive or...

Lapis Lazuli - Lapis Lazuli

🔍 Lazurite is a metamorphic rock that forms from the association of lazurite with various minerals, including pyrite, calcite and sodalite. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚: (Na₂,Ca)₂ [(Cl,NaS₃,NaSO₄)Al]Al₂(SiO₄)₃ 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐳𝐚 (𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐬): 5 - 6...

Lapis Lazuli - Lapis Lazuli

🔍 Lazurite is a metamorphic rock that forms from the association of lazurite with various minerals, including pyrite, calcite and sodalite. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚: (Na₂,Ca)₂ [(Cl,NaS₃,NaSO₄)Al]Al₂(SiO₄)₃ 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐳𝐚 (𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐬): 5 - 6...

Jade

🔍 Stone is a hard stone belonging to silicates; predominantly green in color, but also present in numerous other colors. It is not strictly a mineral, but rather an aggregate...

Jade

🔍 Stone is a hard stone belonging to silicates; predominantly green in color, but also present in numerous other colors. It is not strictly a mineral, but rather an aggregate...

Fordite

🔍 Fordite is a very particular material, formed "accidentally" in American body shops starting from the 1940s. It consists of numerous layers of cooked paint, accumulated in the drains of...

Fordite

🔍 Fordite is a very particular material, formed "accidentally" in American body shops starting from the 1940s. It consists of numerous layers of cooked paint, accumulated in the drains of...