SUGILITH is a relatively hard silicate mineral with varying proportions of manganese, lithium, aluminum and iron. especially in the "Esoterk" the stone is considered an extraordinary "healing stone" and different stories are spread again and again. e.g. there is no more SUGILITH, the mine is under water .... etc.. All nonsense. The Wessels Mine is a huge open-cast mine on MANGANERZ in Kuruman Manganese Fields in South Africa. In the fault and oxidation zones of the manganese body, various other minerals can be found again and again, such as RHODOCHROSITE, RHODONITE ... and also SUGILITH. A geologist at the mine reported that often up to 100,000 dollars worth of gemstones go into the crushers every day, as the mine operators do not have time to sort out the stones; the manganese ore is much more important and the SUGILITH is only recovered on the side, in mine areas where there is no mining, practically in their spare time.
SUGILITH was first found by the Japanese Dr. SUGI in 1944 at Fujijama, the mineral is named after him. By the way: there are also completely BLUE SUGILITHE, but the predominant color is mangenta - purple. Coarse stones, even with a lot of black manganese, are cheaper - transparent qualities with good color are unfortunately relatively expensive. The brown parts that occur are FERROBUSTAMITE - a rare mineral that is almost only found in the Wessels Mine.
Weight: 36.5 g Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm