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Translations : Hauyn, Hauynit, Hauynita, Гаюин, 藍方石
Synonym : Haüynite, Hauynite
Etymology : A gem dedicated to Abbé René Just Haüy, a great French mineralogist and crystallographer (1743-1822). It was first named "Latialite" in 1803 by Carlo Giuseppe Gismondi after the locality Latium.
Discovery: 1807 by Brunn-Neegard
Type localityMonte Somma, Latium, Italy

The only cut gem crystals come from the Effel in Germany. They are turquoise blue to intense ultramarine blue.
Haüyne is part of the composition of lapis lazuli.

The only cut gem crystals come from the Effel in Germany. They are turquoise blue to intense ultramarine blue.

Haüyne is part of the composition of lapis lazuli.

To learn more about the Haüyne, see

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