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; however, many stones do have minor inclusions. The lot is running roughly 65% High to Top Facet Grade with the remainder being a mixture of additional Faceting Grade and Cabbing Grade rough. Some stones do have a very very fine Chatoyancy that is barely visible; however, even those may face up almost clean if not clean with proper orientation and a little hard work. The best part of it is that many of these are crystal sections with nice terminated tips on some stones!

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 of what we have remaining. We have SEVERELY discounted this and priced it as if only 1/2 the material was Top Facet Grade so do NOT let this go by!

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.