Rare Rocks And Gemstones

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Rare rocks and gemstones. Tumbled stones are rocks that have been rounded smoothed and polished in a rock tumbler. Meteorites are rarer than gold or diamonds and one can turn up almost anywhere. Said to be about 1 000 times rarer than diamonds tanzanite is a deep blue gemstone named after tanzania where it was discovered for the first time in 1967. Not all rare and valuable rocks originated on earth.

The material from los was reported in 1976 and has been cut into tiny gemstones of deep red color. Rocks and precious stones tagged with. Because they look so much like common materials such as lava rocks or slag from a smelting plant it s easy to misidentify them. The material from quebec is larger but very scarce.

Despite their small size they are desirable because so few stones exist. Andalusite exhibits strong pleochroism and often has sets of oriented inclusions. Villiaumite is seldom discussed among collectors of rare gemstones because until recently no facetable material was known. This turquoise stone s name was created by the man who brought the.