Sugilite pendant drilled 6 rainbow moonstone 5" sphere from Bahia

5" sphere from Bahia

The word amphibole literally means "ambiguous" stemming from Greek

Columbia and British Columbia

80" x 1" and 41

In the 1980's a significant deposit was discovered in the Kalahari Manganese fields in the Wessels mine

Sugilite pendant drilled 6 rainbow moonstone 5" sphere from BahiaSolid sugilite pendant, one side raw and one side polished with hole drilled weighs 7. 5 grams. Sugilite is a rare cyclosilicate mineral found mostly in the Wessels mine in the Kalahari Manganese fields of South Africa. It exhibits a deep purple to pink colour with lots of black from the presence of Manganese and in some cases blue and red. It was first discovered in 1944 by Ken Ichi Sugi and was named after him. Sugilite has become increasingly