Euclase - Last Hope Mine, Karoi, Zimbabwe - Medium: 17x10x12mm / order 13.3 carats (2.6g) - Crystalline Structure

This is a medium sized piece of this very rare material with great deep blue colour. It has gemmy portions and some discrete crystalline structure visible. There is some quartz matrix attached. It is a partial pseudomorph of an original beryl crystal.
A really nice and aesthetic specimen.
Euclase is often called the "stone of happiness" and its easy to see why as the colour always makes you smile.

It measures 17x10x12mm and weighs 13.3 carats (2.6g)

It is from the Last Hope Mine, Mwami, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe.

Euclase is an extremely rare mineral found in only a few locations worldwide . Whilst most on the market is Brazilian and the gemmiest come from newish finds in Columbia the very best specimens are those found intermittently in Zimbabwe at the Lost Hope Mine and its neighbour the St Annes Mine. The colour of these can be the most extraordinary deep blue which far surpasses any other Euclase found anywhere in the world. The Euclase at the Last Hope mine comes in 2 main forms: discrete well formed gemmy crystals which are extremely rare and sell for thousands and pseudomorphous material where the euclase has replaced Beryl. Occasionally you find traces of the shape of the original beryl such as isolated edges or faces of the crystal, but usually it is more crude and massive in appearance. Most of the shapeless fragments of Euclase available come from these pseudomorphs. Sometimes they are in association with quartz or mica. In comparison to the discrete euclase crystals they are much more affordable although still expensive due to their extreme rarity. These fragments are also usually very small and rarely exceed 10mm / 2g or so.


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