#12052 Taaffeite Light Purple 0.46cts
Collectors Gem!!
  Quantity : 1
  Carats : 0.46
  Size : mm 6.0x6.4
  Color : Light Purple
  Clarity : Very Slight Inclusions
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  Shape : Triangle
  Treatment : None
  Origin Sri Lanka
  Location :
Colombo, Sri Lanka

SELLING PRICE US $ 490.00

 

Collectors Gem! Valued more for
Rarity than Beauty

Named after Richard Taaffe(1898 - 1967) of Germany who discovered
the first gem in 1945 while sorting a parcel of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) Spinel.

Taaffeite is one of the Rarest gems in the world - A thousand times rarer than Diamond. Rarely if ever, these gems are offered for sale.

If you collect all the Taaffeites in the world, you would get probably a handful and the Rarest Musgrovites, less than ten specimen are documented.

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R.I. : 1.726 - 1.733 Hardness : 8
Chemical Comp. : Mg3Al8BeO16
Density : 3.60 - 3.61
Crystal Group : Hexagonal

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.

Taaffeite comes in m auve, 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, as well as color-change stones, which are extremely rare - just a few - less than ten specimen documented so far.