![]() ![]() Amblygonite has no less than four different directions of cleavage at different angles from one another and with different qualities of cleavage. (Cleavage refers to the specific way that a mineral will split, or cleave, when struck by a sharp blow). Presumably because of Amber's similarity to Ambergris.Īmblygonite - Amblygonite's name comes from the two Greek words amblys meaning "blunt" and goni meaning "angle" - hence "blunt angles" in allusion to its variously angled cleavages. white.Īlexandrite - Named in honour of Czar Alexander II (1818-1881) of Russia.Īlmandine Garnets - A corruption of the place name from where they were originally found, in Alabanda, Turkey.Īlunite - From the Latin alunit, meaning "alum." Alum is extracted from this mineral and is a chemical used in a myriad of industrial applications.Īmazonite - Named from where it was originally found, at a site by the side of the Amazon River in South America.Īmber - From the French word ambre taken from the Medieval Latin ambar which in itself came from the Arabic word anbar meaning "ambergris". Afghanistan.Īgate - Named from where it was first found - by the River Achates (now called the river Drillo) in Sicily.Ījoite - Named from where it was first discovered, in the town of Ajo, in Pima County, Arizona, USA.Īlbite - Named from the Latin, albus, in reference to the most common colour in which this mineral is found, i.e. ![]() What do Whitby Jet and Asia Minor have in common?Īnd just how does Moldavite bring together Southern Germany, the Slovak RepublicĪbalone/Paua Shell - Entered American English about 1850 from the Spanish abulon which itself came from the Costanoan (a California coastal Indian language) aluan, meaning "red abalone".Īdamite - Named after the French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) who first discovered this mineral.Īfghanite - Only identified in 1968, this mineral is named after the country in which the majority of it is found, i.e. What's the connection between Garnets and Pomegranates? Read this page if you want to discover just why your crystal has the name that it does. Posted on 9 August 2020 | posted in Articles ![]()
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