3.80 ct. Tanzanian Sunstone Scapolite
Color: Medium Dark Yellow
Clarity: Heavily Included
Origin: Tanzania
Cut: Triangle
Treatments: None
Measurements: 11.2 mm
A unusual gem material from a limited find in Tanzania. This is pastel yellow Scapolite, of the kind that is well known from East Africa, but with inclusions of copper - one of the very few gems to ever have this as an inclusion. The result is a gem that is visually similar to the schiller Sunstones (Feldspar) from Oregon - the inclusions give the gem an attractive coppery red flash when the light hits at the right angle. This material is now several years old and we were surprised to find a bit more of it circulating. Unusual and rare.