PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Rare Purple Metallic Purpurite
Purpurite is a stunningly beautiful Metallic Purple Manganese based Rare Gemstone with exquisite colour and flash. It is a Manganese-Iron Phosphate mineral with varying amounts of Iron. Purpurite often forms with Heterosite, FePO4. We mine Purpurite ourselves in Namibia and it is quite a complicated procedure to get it to look as good as these do. Purpurite doesn't form crystals but rather occurs as a beautiful metallic chatoyancy in veins and along fracture plains of the host rock.
PRODUCT MINERALS
Manganese Phosphate, Iron
PRODUCT FEATURES
Orthorhombic, Chatoyant, Silky, Metallic, Matrix
PRODUCT COLOUR
Purple, Silver
MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
4 to 5
PRODUCT DATA
Locality = Erongo, Namibia
Grade = A Grade
Size = 66 - 81 mm
SKU = 174-279-251017AE
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