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Taaffeite Color Change 0.52 CTS Extremely Rare -NATURAL SRI LANKA LOOSE GEMSTONE
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Taaffeite Color Change 0.52 CTS Extremely Rare -NATURAL SRI LANKA LOOSE GEMSTONE

Product Code:21410
Availability: In Stock
  • $740.00

Carats 0.52
Size 8.25 x 3.63 mm
Color Brown
Clarity INC
Shape Pear
Treatment None
Origin Sri Lanka
Location Colombo, Sri Lanka
Price $ 740.00
100% Natural - Not treated in any way.
Rare Collectors Gem
Suitable for Museums,Institutions and Students of Gemology.
Clean Gems are rare.
Large Sizes are Extremely Rare!
Among the Rarest of gemstones.

Refractive Index: 1.726 – 1.733
Hardness: 8
Chemical Composition: Mg3Al8BeO16
Density: 3.60 - 3.61
Crystal Group: Hexagonal

Taaffeite comes in mauve, purple pink, and red. Reds are extremely rare. If you collect all the faceted gems in the world you would get less than a handful -a thousand times rarer than Diamond. We have come across a couple of Star stones, and color-change stones, which are extremely rare – just a few - less than ten specimens documented so far. Among the ten rarest gems in the world! Named after Bohemian Edward Taaffe who discovered the first Taaffiete from a box of Sri Lankan spinels in 1945. The stone displayed a double refraction which was uncharacteristic of Spinel.


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