Brilliant Cherry Red Gem Rhodonite Brazilian New Find
Monday, May 4th, 20092009-04-14. Brilliant Cherry Red Gem Rhodonite Brazilian New Find. Brilliant cherry red gem rhodonite brazilian new find lapidary materials. Azgg1974 store. Cherry red rhodonite crystals over the past two years a small trickle of incredible rhodonites have come out of an old manganese mine in brazil, described as morro da mina, conselheiro lafaiete, belo horizonte, minas gerais, brazil the discovery of this small deposit has been a well kept secret, but a small lot of crystals did get out to several commercial sources and i have show two of these rare items in this listing. Item #1 is a piece of rough crystal weighing 221.5 carats, measuring 56mm by 28mm by 18mm. Item #2 is a finished cabochon weighing 20.5 craats and measuring 20mm by 15mm by 7mm. This material is rare. The usual form of rhodonite with which most people are familiar is the light pink massive material with streaks of black manganese shown in picture number 9 of my listing. If you know how to cut and polish stones the rough crystal offered in this listing will produce some outanding and very valuable stones. R. A. Smee, graduate gemologist.