sugilite fibrous specimen lemurian quartz Royal purple amethyst polished into

Royal purple amethyst polished into a 1

They are in fact mined although some may have been found on the surface initially

31 gram Thailandite

from where it gets its name

sugilite fibrous specimen lemurian quartz Royal purple amethyst polished intoIncredible fibrous sugilite on Matrix specimen from N'Chwaning 3 mine in South Africa Sugilite is a rare cyclosilicate mineral found mostly in the Wessels mine in the Kalahari Manganese fields of South Africa. It exhibits a deep purple to pink colour with lots of black from the presence of Manganese and in some cases blue and red. It was first discovered in 1944 by Ken Ichi Sugi and was named after him. In the 1980's a significant deposit was