FREE: (SET OF 2) BRAND NEW LOOSE "IOLITE" GEMSTONES

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THEY ARE SMALL STONES LIKE IN THE SET OF 4/ NEXT TO A RULER THEY ARE APPROX: 3-4 16THS. I AM SORRY I CANNOT FIND THE PAPERS THAT CAME WITH THE SIZE AND WEIGHT. I DO KNOW THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL STONES AND HIGH QUALITY IOLITE WITH PRECIOUS CLEAR PRECISE CUTS. I TRIED TO SHOW A LARGER PHOTO OF A STONE SO THAT I COULD TRY TO COME CLOSE TO THE COLOR AND CLARITY,. THE PICTURE DOES NO JUSTICE, MUST SEE THESE STONES UNDER LIGHT IN PERSON TO TRULY APPRECIATE! THEY WOULD MAKE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF JEWELRY.....ABOUT IOLITE: Have you ever noticed how deep bodies of water sometimes look blue, but that same water looks clear in shallow depths or from different angles? Pleochroic iolite is much like water in that case--it looks blue from one angle and can look completely clear from another. Perhaps this is why iolite has also been called "water sapphire," though it's not related to sapphire at all.......Iolite is sometimes referred to as "the Viking stone" because, according to Norse legend, Vikings used thin slices of iolite as polarizing filters, allowing them to look directly at the sun and use its exact location in the sky to navigate the open seas. If this is true, it would help explain how the Vikings supposedly managed to travel such great distances across massive expanses of ocean without modern navigational aides. Phenomenon In rare cases, some iolite gems can display one of three optical properties known as phenomenon: a star (asterism) or a cat's-eye effect (chatoyancy) when cut en cabochon, or aventurescence, which is a glittering effect caused by light reflections playing off of small plate-like inclusions in the stone. The inclusions can be a variety of materials; "bloodshot iolite" is a trade name given to aventurescent iolite that contains tiny hematite inclusions. THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY PAGES