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First appearing in the 1950s, Strontium Titanate is a Diamond Simulant. Simply, the material has a similar appearance to Diamond but a different composition and crystal […]

Though Opal was first discovered in the 1880’s, Ethiopian Opal didn’t make an appearance until much lat-er. In 1939, Anthropologist Louis Leakey suggested that Opal deposits […]

A variety of Nickel Carbonate, Gaspeite belongs to the Calcite family of minerals. First discovered in 1977 by renowned mineralogists, D.W Kohls and J.L Rodda, the […]

Found in a range of colours, Spodumene is a type of pyroxene mineral. The gemstone is named after the Greek word ‘spodumenos’, which means ‘ash coloured’. […]