Gems: Taaffeite - Zircon

2.64 ct. Burmese Thorite

2.64 ct. Burmese Thorite

$330.00
  • Color:  Dark Brownish Yellow-Green

  • Clarity:  Eye Clean

  • Origin:  Mogok, Burma

  • Cut:  Triangle

  • Treatments:  None

  • Measurements: 8.3 x 6.8 mm

Certainly not for the casual collector, we do occasionally like to offer fine examples of this very rare gem material from Mogok. As the name suggests, the mineral has a high thorium content and is, rather radioactive. Along with Monazite, Ekanite and a few others that share this quality, it makes a fascinating collection piece - though not a stone to mount in a ring! This one is excessively large and fully transparent we a (dare we say rather lovely?) pleochroic bodycolor. With GIT mini-cert

$125 / carat - $330 total

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