Brookite (INCREDIBLY rare, faceted stone) Finland and very few host multiple

and very few host multiple crystals like this one

making it a pristine complete "floater"

I kept it as a memento of those early years visiting Bolivia

but this piece is a superb example of a large Spinel as it is notably sharp

This is a remarkable

Brookite (INCREDIBLY rare, faceted stone) Finland and very few host multipleThis Brookite, when backlit, shows a rich burnt orange hue with fairly good clarity. The stone, understandably, has a very shallow and narrow "cushion" cut, but you take what you can get with this material. I've only seen a handful of faceted Brookites over the years, and they were all black opaque, so the fact that this stone has COLOR (when backlit), is significant. This stone is a big deal because it's over 1 carat in weight, which is one of the