The pictures really didn't do this one justice much prettier in person. I am very pleased.
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QUALITY ROUGH
CHAROITE ROUGH
This is a natural untreated rough slab ready for polishing.This will cut a interesting stone.
Weight 32.54 cts app
Size 36 x 24 x 6 mm app
Some cutters like to treat the stone with opticon or resin to get a better finish.
We have also taken a photo of both sides of the slab.
One of the loveliest aspects of the best Charoite gems is a slight to moderate chatoyancy which gives it a silky or pearly luster. This attribute, as well as the swirling patterns and distinctive purple color, is well demonstrated by the piece above.
This is a natural untreated stone which is found in only one location in the world-at the Charo river Aldan Russia.
Color: The colors in each piece of Charoite range from bright lavender, violet and lilac to dark purple with both white, gray and black veining. It forms a swirling pattern of interlocking crystals. Royal lavendar flows with chatoyant streaks of white around bits of black, peach and opalescent gray.
Description: Charoite is an unsual mineral and of rare occurence. It formed from alteration of limestones by the close presences of an alkali-rich nephline syenite intrusion. The heat, pressure and more importantly, the infusion of unique chemicals into the rock is responsible for the transformations into new minerals such as charoite.
The pictures really didn't do this one justice much prettier in person. I am very pleased.
Beautiful quality gems, fast delivery, brilliant customer service. A pleasure to do business with
admin adjustment seller cleartly stated rough and image taken in water and are not polished The photo showed these as being sparkly. They arrived rusty and ugly, in no way polished. Very disappointed.
QUALITY ROUGH Reply:
photo is taken with stones wet as per description they are rough pieces that need polishing , pls read description correctly
Gorgeous colour with great translucency. Lovely pieces, couple of flaws, but will keep one as specimen & freeform polish the others to set. And Thanks for the little Pyrite gift- though it looks more like Chalcopyrite??.
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