Polished On One Side Metallic Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Erongo, Namibia

A NOTE FROM NICK 
A Pair of One Side High Sheen Polished Silky Metallic Purpurite Pieces. A Smooth Hard Stone Sealer Is Used To Retain Color And Oxidation.

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 = Very Good to A Grade
Size = 132 - 146 mm