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it gets its name from the Kolwezi District in which it was first discovered
along with the accompanying smaller Brookites shows a deep flame red color when backlit along with classic desirable internal black "phantoms"
It’s crystallized all the way around and is as close to a "floater" as anything we have in the lot
but gems are next to impossible to obtain
Specimen # BOL711B196
Rutile (superb GEMMY{!} reticulated "floater" twinned crystal group) Halite it gets its name fromRutile is known from thousands of localities around the world, but there was a very limited find of some of the finest quality crystallized examples of the species in the early 1970s in Brazil. My father, Richard Kosnar, was on site at Diamantina when they were coming out and purchased a select few pieces of these amazing Rutiles. There are two characteristics that make this piece so special. First is the overall quality, as it is a superb, very well
