Product Description
For sale is a facetted taaffeite from Burma. Taaffeite is a very rare beryllium magnesium aluminum mineral, this gem is often included in the list of rarest gemstones in the world. At one time only a handful of specimens were known to exist. Recently more material has been discovered, though taaffeite continues to be very rare. This gem weight is a whopping 1.75 carets. Color is a pale pink. The white seen in the gem in the pictures is actually light reflections from the back facets. “Taaffeite is one of the rarest of mineral species, and surely among the very rarest and most desirable of all collector gemstones”, quoting the International Gem Society.
CHAUNGGYI, MOGOK, BURMA.
8.5 x 6 x 4mm
