INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL RAW ROCK SPECIMEN IN SHADES OF PINK TO DARK PURPLE ON A WHITE QUARTZ OR PECTOLI

INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL RAWROCK SPECIMEN IN SHADES OF PINK TO DARK PURPLE ON A WHITE QUARTZ OR PECTOLITE BEDROCK

CAN BE RARE SUGILITE (ORWESSELITE) OR VERY RARE PURPURITE (ANOTHER KIND OF PURPLE ROCK FROM NAMIBIA) OR EVEN AMETHYST QUARTZ

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL RAW ROCK SAMPLE. IN HUES OF PINK TO DARK PURPLE ON A WHITE QUARTZ OR PECTOLITE BEDROCK.
IT MIGHT BE AMETHYST BUT IS HAS NO DISTINCTIVE LARGE CHRYSTALS AND IT HAS A SOFT SLIPPERY SLATY FEEL TO IT.
IT MIGHT ALSO BE RARE SUGILITE. IT WAS FOUND WITH OTHER ROCKS IN A COLLECTION THAT LOOKS DISTINCTIVELY LIKE EITHER SUGILITE (WESSELITE FROM HOTAZEL) OR PURPURITE (FROM NAMIBIA).
Sugilite is a rare lithium silicate. Sugilite is also known as Wesselite, after the purple color material was discovered in the Wessels Manganese Mine in South Africa. In 1975,a core-drill sample from a manganese mine near Hotazel, South Africa revealed a thin seam of sugilite by accident. This material had enough manganese content to give it a deep purple color. Small but significant, the deposit became the first source of gem-quality sugilite and launched the gems now famous association with purple. Sugilite was officially classified as a rare gem in 1980.
By the mid-1990s, known reserves at the Wessels Mine were exhausted, and no additional material has been found since. In recent years, high demand for sugilite in China exhausted stock from most mineral dealers, and prices escalated rapidly. By 2015 it had become nearly impossible to find any sugilite specimens at other than ridiculously high prices. Thumbnail specimens I have seen selling for $500-1500 out on the marketplace. If this sample rock turns out to be true Sugilite it is indeed a rare and valuable piece.
Size: Large Item 3cm High 12cm Wide and 7cm Deep
Condition: Good condition.
Size: Large Item 3cm High 12cm Wide and 7cm Deep
Condition: Good condition.
HOW TO CONFIRM IT IS SUGILITE? I CANNOT CONFIRM 100 PERCENT. THESE ROCK SAMPLES HOWEVER WERE BOUGHT FROM A PERSON FAMILY WHO WORKED FOR MINES AND DRILLED CORE SAMPLES ALL OVER AFRICA. ALSO THE COLOR AND TEXTURE LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE SUGILITE ROCK SPECIMENS COMBINED WITH WHITE PECTOLITE I HAVE SEEN ONLINE. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS AND TRY TO VERIFY FOR YOURSELF. I HAVE MISIDENTIFIED ANOTHER SIMILAR ROCK BEFORE AS LEPIDOLITE SO IT IS POSSIBLE I CANBE WRONG AGAIN. ALSO THERE IS ANOTHER EVEN RARER ROCK PURPURITE THAT CAN LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO SUGILITE AND IS MINED IN NAMIBIA.
ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED