Ruby and Zoisite

Ruby and ZoisiteThis Ruby Zoisite is a very nice "Heart" cabochon as it shows the hexagonal form of the deep pink red Ruby crystals with surrounding green Zoisite. This is very attractive and well known material, but rarely does one find a piece like this with such attractive form. These Ruby Zoisite specimens were found in Tanzania in 1954 (sometimes referred to as "Anyolite" after the Massai word for green), and are very popular among collectors, either as

Don't miss this opportunity to purchase a great quality stone of an attractive color

one large true bug (Heteroptera) and two bark beetles (Scolytinae)

The crystal weighs 12

the rough is sometimes shipped from Bolivia across the border (which is only about 40 km away) to be processed in Brazil

I love the deep almost bronze-like patina on the surface

and I can say without fear of contradiction

This stone was analyzed by Dr

According to our source

drusy white Quartz crystals which have formed complete "casts" after preexisting scalenohedral Calcite

making it a "floater" with no point of attachment

A six-inch display specimen from Sferlun is certainly hard to come by and the majority of the hundreds of crystals on this attractive specimen are damage free

I can’t say for sure if it’s twinned