Petalite (rare sharp gem quality crystals)

Item Description

An impressive and truly significant crystallized Petalite from Brazil. Typically Petalite from Brazil - and all world localities - is incredibly difficult to find in sharp, well-formed, euhedral crystals. This gorgeous thumbnail display specimen not only features sharp, well-formed crystals, but they are incredibly GEMMY (nearly water clear in areas) to boot! The piece is in wonderful shape overall as there are several smooth euhedral faces, but there are some etched areas as well, which I think is an interesting contrast and gives the piece character. It's actually doubly-terminated (technically multi-terminated), and I would say it's truly a complete "floater". Petalite is certainly a gem species, but it's incredibly hard to find good gem CRYSTALS, as we almost always encounter either massive examples with no real crystal structure, or broken fragments. If you collect gem crystals or Brazilian minerals, this is an important piece of something that is rarely available on the market today. Mined in the 1980s, and one of the better crystallized examples from Brazil that we've had to offer. Valued at $600 in the inventory.