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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 421751" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>It is a bit like red sapphires (i.e. the mineral corundum, the only difference being colour and the names given to it by gemmologists). i.e. there is strictly no mineral amethyst, it is one colour of quartz. Ruby is red corundum, sapphire is blue corundum....The problems of nomenclature - why give it a different name...because of its colour. So, it could equally be purplish rose quartz..... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 421751, member: 4386"] It is a bit like red sapphires (i.e. the mineral corundum, the only difference being colour and the names given to it by gemmologists). i.e. there is strictly no mineral amethyst, it is one colour of quartz. Ruby is red corundum, sapphire is blue corundum....The problems of nomenclature - why give it a different name...because of its colour. So, it could equally be purplish rose quartz..... :-) [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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