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Sphaerocobaltite is a rare mineral found in Zimbabwe. What is its more common moniker?

Cobaltocalcite. This mineral, contradictory to its name, is actually pink.

Hubeite is named after the area in which it is found. Where is it actually found?

Hubei, China. Hubeite is brown and is made up of thousands of thin crystals.

'Parascuttela bonali legsnanensis' is an echinoid fron which period or epoch?

Miocene. This is from the middle miocene epoch.

Herkimer Diamond is not a diamond at all, but in fact is a very fine specimen which mineral?

Quartz. From Herkimer Mines, U.S.A

This is a very rare mineral that is only found in a pond on the side of a mountain in the Dominican Republic. What is the name of this mineral?

Larimar. This mineral is renowned for its beauty.