SUGILITE TRANSLUCENT GEL SUITABLE FOR FACETING

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THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES OF SUGILITE BEING OFFERED FOR SALE AS "GEM SUGILITE" AND THESE THREE DO NOT INCLUDE THE CRUDE IMITATIONS OF DYED SUBSTANCES ALSO BEING OFFERED AS "SUGILITE". THE FINEST QUALITY IS "TRANSLUCENT SUGILITE GEL" THIS IS PURE SUGILITE AND IT IS NEVER TRANSPARENT, ALTHOUGH IT OCCURS IN WONDERFUL TRANSLUCENT FORM. PURE GEM SUGILITE IS A COMPLEX SILICATE, THE COLORING ION THAT PROVIDES THE BEAUTIFUL PURPLE COLORS IN THIS COMPLEX SILICATE IS MANGANESE, AND THEREFORE,THE GEM FORM OF SUGILITE IS USUALLY FOUND IN MANGANESE MINES. ANOTHER VARIETY OF THIS GEM WHICH IS ALSO CALLED "SUGILITE" OR "SUGILITE GE"L IS REALLY A FORM OF AGATE. CHALCEDONY IS FOUND WITH VARIED AMOUNTS OF FINELY INCLUDED SUGILITE IN IT, WHICH PRODUCES A LOVELY VARIETY OF PURPLE AGATE, IN VARING COLORS DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT OF INCLUDED SUGILITE. THE THIRD VARIETY OF PURPLE GEM MATERIAL BEING OFFERED AS SUGILITE IS A ROCK FORMATION OF SUGILITE INTERGROWN WITH OTHER MINERALS, (MOST OFTEN MANGANESE OXIDES). THIS MATERIAL IS ALWAYS OPAQUE AND THE INTENSITY OF THE COLOR DEPENDS UPON THE AMOUNT OF PURPLE SUGILITE INCLUDED IN THE MINERAL MIXTURE, UNFORTUNATELY THESE VARIOUS IMPURITIES PRODUCE COLOR BANDING AND VEINING. ALL GEM QUALITY FORMS OF SUGILITE SHOW SOME COLOR CHANGING PHENOMENA. UNDER DAYLIGHT THE COLOR IS A BLUISH-PURPLE, UNDER INCANDESCENT read more

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