The following is a list of Pectolite gems and minerals listed in our database. Click the pictures to get full data, click the X to remove the gem from the list.
Larimar: Larimar is a rare blue variety of pectolite found only in the Dominican Republic. Its distinctive sky-blue color comes from copper substitution in the mineral structure. Discovered in 1974, it's nicknamed "Caribbean gem" or "Dolphin stone." Used mainly in jewelry, its color can range from light sky blue to deep blue with white patterns. Mining occurs in a single mountainous region of the Dominican (read full)
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In its raw form, sunstone forms as translucent to transparent crystals with distinct cleavage planes and a vitreous luster. The unpolis
Tugtupite is a mineral closely related to sodalite and hackmanite, all cyclosilicates whose structural silicate tetrahedrons are arrang
Lapis lazuli is composed of several minerals in small quantities - augite, calcite, diopside, mica, hauynite, hornblende, pyrite. Becau
Kornerupine is a rare magnesium aluminum borate silicate which occurs as transparent prismatic crystals of the orthorhombic system.
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