WHAT IS SUGILITE?
Rare Purple Sugilite Vendors (KNa2(Fe, Mn, Al)2Li3Si12O30) is a cyclosilicate mineral with a complicated chemical formula.
It’s a sodium (Na), potassium (K), lithium (Li), and silicate (SiO) mineral.
It can also contain iron (Fe), aluminum (Al), or manganese (Mn) in varying amounts (Mn).
Manganese lends Sugilite its sought-after purple color, with the amount and distribution of Mn accounting for the color range of pink to violet.
WHERE DOES THE NAME SUGILITE COME FROM?
Rare Purple Sugilite Vendors is one of the most mispronounced minerals in the world, named after Japanese petrologist Dr Kenichi Sugi, who discovered it in 1944.
The “g” in Sugilite is usually pronounced as a soft “g,” as in “ginger” or “general.”
However, you should pronounce it with a strong “g,” as you would for “geese” or “go.”
Sugilite was almost given a another name.
Mineral traders experimented with several trade names in the early 1980s.
“Royal Hazel,” “Wesselite,” and “Lavulite” were among them.
None of these trade names, however, became popular.
RARE PURPLE SUGILITE RISE TO FAME
By 1979, commercial amounts of gemmy purple Sugilite had been discovered, catapulting the material into the limelight.
Sugilite was formally designated as a rare gem the next year, in 1980.
By the mid-nineteenth century, the BSLMgold mine’s supply had run out.
There were no fresh ones in the pocket, and it was empty!
Mineral merchants who had purchased stock from the BSLMgold mine before it ran out now possessed the last remaining supply.
Scarcity – defined as being difficult to get or having a limited supply – can increase the value of a resource.
As a result, the price of Sugilite began to rise…
DO WE STOCK SUGILITE?
At the BSLMgold, we’re always on the search for high-quality purple Sugilite at reasonable prices.
We tend to receive in pretty little pieces that sell out almost immediately because they are hard to come by and quite pricey!
Take a peek at some of the items we’ve sold in the past:
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