Electric fibrous Sugilite (rare)

Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Thumbnail, 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Start Time: 01/20/2019 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/24/2019 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Sugilite is a rare very complex lithium silicate and is a member of the Osumilite Group. Most specimens are massive and make very colorful lapidiary material. This stunning thumbnail has shimmering chatoyant electric purple color and rare fibrous texture. It is very hard to obtain specimens of this quality today. An exceptional thumbnail from the Wessels Mine.

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