Diaspore (rare)This Diaspore is a beautiful "Brilliant Oval" cut gem with very very slight inclusions and a gentle lilac pink hue in incandescent lighting but shows more of a yellow pink hue in LED lighting. Outdoors, the color is more of a pure pink, with no purple overtones. When it comes to gem quality Diaspore, most people are familiar with the sandy colored gems from Turkey (sometimes marketed as "Zultanite" or "Csarite"), but in 2020 there was a brand new

The prism has good luster as well

Sapphire is also the birthstone for September so this would make an incredibly unique gift

The Himalaya mine in Bolivia lies on the great mountain peak of Cerro Illimani (pronounced ee-yee-MAHN-ee) just outside of the capital city of La Paz

one-of-a-kind

Specimen #SPINEL111903

From the find of 2006

but we found these and couldn't pass them up due to their unique and alluring color

On the micro level

One of the very few Quartz specimens that I’ve had to offer from the Osceola Mine

If you collect Tourmalines

and worthwhile for any Colorado collector to add to their collection

This specimen was collected in 2000