Share your super RARE CSs!

[Adam95]

I have a bixbite that I purchased from a fellow collector. That's about it, but I know the Pricescope community has some true rare gems!

I know...It's more pink that red and opaque, but it's just so cool that it's from my home state and extremely rare!

 

[OoohShiny]

I've not even heard of bixbite

 

[T L]

75 point benitoite.

 

[JackTrick]

Pezzottaite!

My massively included, bubblegum pink lil trillion.

 

[CSpan]

My little benitoite collection (conveniently located in one place.) I have a few more small rounds I ordered. No idea what I am going to do with them but OMG the sparkle.

 

[suzanne2]

My grandidierite! It's small but it packs a punch.

 

[IcePhoenix]

@suzanne2 that is lovely. Can I ask about carat weight and clarity? Yours seems to be pretty clear (and so I assume more expensive) compared to most stones I have seen which are SI1 at best.
Also that watermelon tourmaline ring? What a stunner

 

[demantoidz]

I love these rare Japanese iridescent garnets, if anyone has one I'd love to see pics!

https://www.thegemtrader.com/124-ct-japanese-iridescent-garnet-the-gem-trader-rare-gems-1

 

[T L]

Is sphalerite super rare?

 

[JackTrick]

My grandidierite! It's small but it packs a punch.

That’s beautiful! Might I ask where it’s from?

 

[pwsg07]

I love these rare Japanese iridescent garnets, if anyone has one I'd love to see pics!

https://www.thegemtrader.com/124-ct-japanese-iridescent-garnet-the-gem-trader-rare-gems-1

Seaglow has some on her thread

 

[shinyrocks]

My grandidierite! It's small but it packs a punch.

OH MY GOODNESS! It absolutely glows. What's the glowy asscher-ish one to the right?

 

[Nick_G]

Wow. Superb colour on that rhodonite.

Not a cut stone but I have a thumbnail-sized specimen of red beryl in matrix from the Violet Claims, Utah:

 

[NKOTB]

This tenebrescent scapolite is coming my way...

 

[OoohShiny]

This tenebrescent scapolite is coming my way...

So it is either blue or white? How does that work?!

 

[NKOTB]

So it is either blue or white? How does that work?!

It changes with UV light.

 

[clumberlove]

This tenebrescent scapolite is coming my way...

Ooh, I saw that on IG! Lucky you, what an amazing effect that stone has

 

[colorluvr]

2.38ct "Translucent with minute inclusions of liquid and gas" Iridescent Chrome Tourmaline (note from Vendor) American Thai Trading http://www.americanthai.com/index.html

I got this around 10 years ago or more. Scott had a few on his website back then, but I haven't seen any like them in years. It's a thin slice, like you would find in an opal. Pictures above are both sides of the stone and the vendor photo. I'd hoped to set it some day, but it hasn't happened. It is very iridescent in the right lighting.

 

[CSpan]

Feeding my benitoite addiction.

 

[JackTrick]

That looks pretty sizable for benitoite. How big across?

 

[elle_71125]

This tenebrescent scapolite is coming my way...

How awesome is that...it’s such a unique stone. I didn’t even realize he was selling it.

 

[CSpan]

That looks pretty sizable for benitoite. How big across?

That one is 3.4mm lovely cut.

These guys are 2.25

 

[CSpan]

75 point benitoite.

I love this stone so much. You have to set it!

 

[Nick_G]

Here's another crystal specimen:


I think I bought this specimen in 2003, and I think it must be from the very first discovery of this mineral, as it is labelled as beryl, before it was determined to be a new mineral species. I found out about it being confirmed as pezzottaite not long after I bought it. The weight according to the label on the base is 0.68 grams, or 3.4 ct.

 

[Anne111]

Fantastic thread. I will buy something just to contribute.
Scapolite WOW
Rodonite WOW
Do we need a lab report to add here? Rare gems are hard to self-ID

 

[MariMeow]

This tenebrescent scapolite is coming my way...

What in the woooorld?!
This is my first time hearing about it, now im off to read all I can find.

Any recommended vendors?

 

[NKOTB]

What in the woooorld?!
This is my first time hearing about it, now im off to read all I can find.

Any recommended vendors?

I got this from Jeff White, you can ask if he has any rough left.

 

[Adam95]

My little benitoite collection (conveniently located in one place.) I have a few more small rounds I ordered. No idea what I am going to do with them but OMG the sparkle.

benitoite is like the best of that look when tanzanite is a bit silvery and very brilliant.

 

[CSpan]

benitoite is like the best of that look when tanzanite is a bit silvery and very brilliant.

I have to admit I'm obsessed (and have a problem) family shot.

And a few more coming in my CA ring (benitoite and Pala tourm)

 

[kimberlyqkim]

My tiny vayrynanite! Small, included and uncertified - and I have no clue what I'm going to do with it - but dang I love the color!