Diaspore (rare)

Diaspore (rare)A beautiful "Brilliant Cushion" cut Diaspore gemstone with very slight inclusions and a gentle purplish pink hue in incandescent lighting but shows more of a yellow pink hue in LED lighting. Outdoors, the color is more of a pure pink, with no purple overtones. The fact that the stone is over 1 carat makes it a collector quality gemstone. When it comes to gem quality Diaspore, most people are familiar with the sandy colored gems from Turkey (sometimes

although crude in many areas

this piece managed to etch itself into this most amazing

medium yellow color hexagonal crystal of Fluorapatite measuring 8 mm sitting on fibrous lightweight "Mountain Leather" matrix

color) is excellent for the species and the locality

A great quality piece from Huanuni

especially from this locality

This crystal has the good fortune of nearly lying flat when it formed

steel grey color

hexagonal crystal of VERY GEMMY colorless Fluorapatite which is included with brilliant rich green colored fibrous Actinolite (variety: Byssolite) to create a gorgeous two-tone effect

This specimen was mined in the late 1970’s / early 1980’s

Specimen# CO712B97

which is incredibly rare in my experience