Aragonite -Cuenca -6.96ct -SOLD
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A stone for best gem collections!
| Weight: | 6.96 ct |
| Size: | 11.32 x 7.63 x 6.50 mm |
| Color: | light purple, extremely rare, only found in this Spanish deposit |
| Clarity: | heavily included |
| Cut: | rectangular emerald cut |
| Treatments: | not treated, faceted directly from the mine. |
| Origin: | Minglanilla, Cuenca, Spain. |
| Price: | SOLD |
Note: This stone is not suitable for jewellery due to it's low hardness (4 Mohs scale).
Examples of aragonite crystals used as a rough material for faceting of purple aragonites.
Such crystals are quite common at Minglanilla, they usually reach 3-4 cm long, but transparent areas suitable for faceting are very rare.
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