Sodalite (var: Hackmanite) Rutile Very little damage and really

Very little damage and really striking for the species and the locality

They show both smooth well-formed positive faces and skeletal or "hoppered" negative faces

I have photographed the crystals under the microscope to show that they are truly terminated crystals and not just a mass

A rich specimen

Sodalite (var: Hackmanite) Rutile Very little damage and reallyThis Hackmanite gem has a "Cushion" cut and is nearly eye clean in clarity which is fantastic for the material. It's nearly impossible to find completely clean stones unless they are exceptionally small. Sodalite is a fairly well known feldspathoid mineral, but it's almost always opaque, and gem quality material of any reasonable size is incredibly hard to find in nature. The gem variety of Sodalite is called Hackmanite and this beautiful gem is one