Banded AgateFrom a 2017 discovery in Zimbabwe, here is a beautiful banded Agate specimen. This piece has not been dyed or altered in any way; the color is 100% natural. You can tell when you look at the back of the specimen that the color is consistent throughout, even in the unpolished areas. Our source for the material didn't want to disclose any specific locality information, perhaps to protect their discovery from "poachers". With that said, when we found

one can see the distinct

as most are etched and do not display such wonderful morphology as this one

The gem variety of Sodalite is called Hackmanite and the material is tenebrescent

tabular micro crystals of Paravauxite

The luster is superior to most from Siglo XX

Despite its size

At one point it was a euhedral gem crystal but

Most Topaz crystals that you'll find from any locality around Mogok are loose singles with no matrix

The pieces were collected starting in 2015

the slightest amount of pink can be seen

but to find non-pseudomorphic

This dramatically eye-catching and aesthetic specimen hosts hundreds of rich olive-green colored clusters of sharp