Awesome Rare Deep Purple NATURAL Scapolite Faceting Rough Lot from China. There really isn't too much of this produced in nature and we were lucky enough to get this parcel at a great price! The color on this isn't a Dark Purple but that Perfect Purple for the most part. Most of the Purple Scapolite you are likely to encounter in the market is usually treated; however, even that is rare these days.

Most of this material is EXTREMELY clean with the bulk looking like it should easily yield eye-clean to flawless finished gemstone. Some stones do have a very very fine Chatoyancy that is barely visible; however, even those should face up almost clean if not clean. The best part of it is that all of these are crystal sections with probably at least 1/2 having terminated tips at least at one end!

Natural Purple Scapolite is generally much smaller in size than Yellow Scapolite commonly available from Tanzania. We were lucky to procure a large parcel of this material and most of it has already sold directly. This is some of the better material from the parcel so grab it before it is gone!!

1. Yellow Scapolite turns a nice Purple and Lavender once Irradiated in a cobalt 60 unit at 400-500 Megarads. Post and Prior heating lightens color saturation.