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Labradorite Freeform - Height: 140 mm - Width: 89 mm- 1357 g - (1)
HISTOIRE DE LA PIERRE LABRADORITE
Issue de la région du Labrador au Canada, la pierre labradorite fut découverte par des missionnaires moraves en 1770 étant là pour travailler sur certains peuples autochtones, notamment les Inuits. Ils étaient chargés de les évangéliser. Les peuples innus (Montagnais-Naskapis) et inuits estimaient que la pierre labradorite n’était ni plus ni moins qu’une pierre de feu issue des aurores boréales dans le nord et le sud de la planète. Selon eux, elle était congelée par le froid au point culminant puis retombée sur le sol. La labradorite doit son nom au géologue Foster qui l’a appelé ainsi pour la première fois en 1780. Il choisit tout simplement ce nom en référence à son lieu de découverte, la région canadienne du Labrador.
No. 94406980
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Labradorite Freeform - Height: 140 mm - Width: 89 mm- 1357 g - (1)
HISTORY OF THE LABRADORITE STONE
Originating from the Labrador region in Canada, labradorite was discovered by Moravian missionaries in 1770 while they were there to work with certain indigenous peoples, notably the Inuit. They were tasked with evangelizing them. The Innu (Montagnais-Naskapis) and Inuit peoples believed that labradorite was nothing less than a stone of fire resulting from the northern and southern auroras on the planet. According to them, it was frozen by the cold at its peak and then fell to the ground. Labradorite is named after the geologist Foster, who first called it that in 1780. He simply chose this name in reference to its place of discovery, the Canadian region of Labrador.
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