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10.1" Wide, Single Side Polished Labradorite - Madagascar
This is a beautiful labradorite specimen with one face polished, collected from Madagascar. The base of the piece has been cut flat so that it stands up on it's own without the use of a stand. The one polished face allows the piece an entirely different personality when viewed in different angles while allowing the natural beauty of raw labradorite to remain present.
Part of the face contains sections of rock that didn't preserve with labradorescence, likely due to its composition. Unfortunately, it doesn't polish quite as nice as the labradorite, either, hence the reduced price for such a wonderfully colorful specimen.
Part of the face contains sections of rock that didn't preserve with labradorescence, likely due to its composition. Unfortunately, it doesn't polish quite as nice as the labradorite, either, hence the reduced price for such a wonderfully colorful specimen.
About Labradorite
Labradorite is a feldspar mineral most often found in mafic igneous rocks. Some specimens of labradorite exhibit what is called a "Schiller effect"; a strong play of iridescent blue, green, red, orange, and yellow colors. Labradorite is so well known for these spectacular displays of color that the phenomenon is also known as labradorescence. Specimens with high quality labradorescence are often polished and used as gemstones.
The stone itself is not pigmented, and is in fact colorless and partially transparent. The color is caused by light entering the stone and being refracted by layers of twinning crystal lattice. Because of this, the colors will disappear, reappear, or change hue depending on the viewing angle. The structure of the layers and the angle at which the stone is cut will influence how the colors appear.
Labradorite is named for Labrador, Canada, where it was first discovered. Today, the most prolific deposits for most commercially available labradorite occur in Madagascar and Russia.
Labradorite is a feldspar mineral most often found in mafic igneous rocks. Some specimens of labradorite exhibit what is called a "Schiller effect"; a strong play of iridescent blue, green, red, orange, and yellow colors. Labradorite is so well known for these spectacular displays of color that the phenomenon is also known as labradorescence. Specimens with high quality labradorescence are often polished and used as gemstones.
The stone itself is not pigmented, and is in fact colorless and partially transparent. The color is caused by light entering the stone and being refracted by layers of twinning crystal lattice. Because of this, the colors will disappear, reappear, or change hue depending on the viewing angle. The structure of the layers and the angle at which the stone is cut will influence how the colors appear.
Labradorite is named for Labrador, Canada, where it was first discovered. Today, the most prolific deposits for most commercially available labradorite occur in Madagascar and Russia.
SPECIES
Labradorite
LOCATION
Madagascar
SIZE
7.4" tall, 10.1" wide, 18 pounds
CATEGORY
ITEM
#92063
