Madagascan Eudialyte Freeform Palm Stone - 59mm, 50g

Locality - Madagascar
Size – 59 x 34 x 16mm
Weight – 50g

This freeform features pretty speckled plum purple eudialyte patterns in a smoky grey microcline matrix. It has been nicely shaped to a smoothed, rounded, flattish form and polished to a high glossy lustre, ideal for holding in the palm.

Eudialyte is an incredibly rare red to light brown gemstone typically found in massive form. It's rarity is due not only to its natural scarcity but also its alkaline form, which leaves it vulnerable to dissolving in strong acids; it is for this reason that it was named after the Greek 'eu dialytos', meaning 'well dissolved'. It is often found as grains embedded a variety of igneous rocks such as aegerine, albite, natrolite and nepheline. The south-western regions of Greenland produce much of this mineral, but minute amounts are also found in Canada, Norway, Arkansas and Madagascar.