1.94 ct. Burmese Pargasite
Color: Light Yellow
Clarity: Eye Clean to Slightly Included
Origin: Dattaw, Burma
Cut: Rhombezoid
Treatments: None
Measurements: 10.3 x 7 mm
This interesting Burmese material was tested in Thailand and came back identified as Pargasite. As a testimony to how difficult separation can be among Amphibole group minerals, it has subsequently tested and shown to be both Edenite and Fluoro-Richterite. We typically feel most comfortable with the Richterite id. For any of these, it is a large and attractive example of this material, nicely cut and with a pleasant color. Despite a hardness of 5-6, Fluoro-Richterite is extremely difficult to facet so gems are few and far between. This one is considerably better than most, nicely proportionate with just one small veil to be noted. .