All natural formation, not artificial in any way. Great color blue! Dumortierite-rich Quartzite! Very fuzzy blue inclusions.
Weight 15.3 Cts
Length 15mm Width 8mm Height 22mm
Please disregard the item weight in the shipping section.
"Named to honor French paleontologist from Lyons, Eugene Dumortier. Dumortierite is somewhat uncommon, but has many localities including in France, Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, Canada, Namibia, Madagascar, India, and additional minor localities. It occurs in aluminum-rich metamorphic rocks as disseminations and in veinlets cutting through schists, and in pegmatitic veins. Minerals associated with dumotierite include quartz, cordierite, kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite, muscovite, and rutile." - http://www.dakotamatrix.com/mineralpedia/5888/dumortierite
More on this kind of stone at: http://betweenarockandaheartyplace.blogspot.com/2015/02/quartz-with-dumortierite-inclusions.html
Origin uncertain, likely Bahia, near Vaca Morta Quarry, in Brazil.
