CHAROITE
Specimen chr-5
$ 60.00Dims:4.6x3.3x0.2" (11.7x8.4x0.5 cm)
Wt: 4.9oz. (140g)
River Tchara, Sacha, Russia
This specimen consists of a slab of charoite, with minor calcite and tinaksite, cut and polished on all six sides. There is also a black crystalline mineral here that I cannot identify (pyroxene, perhaps?). The calcite and tinaksite are quite translucent. The charoite is a beautiful pale lavender to violet color. There is no damage to this specimen.