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The mineral, named after the Mexican president, general, physician and naturalist Anastasio Bustamente y Oseguera (1780-1853), had a difficult fate

Beautiful decorative collectible druses of ilvaite with quartz and calcite from the deposits of the Dalnegorsk ore field are known to every mineral collector.

Muscovite is very rarely used in jewelry, but sometimes there are plates of muscovite, in the form of substrates for quartz cabochons or plates.

Among faceted black jewelry inserts, morion is often found - a crystalline variety of quartz that has a black color.

Anhydrite, due to its low hardness, is very rarely found in the form of cuts, just like the mineral closest to it, gypsum.