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Our family has a Spectrolite quarry in Ylämaa, Finland. We bought the quarry in 2003 and since then I’ve been working there with my son and my wife helps in production. The size the quarry is 10x50 meters. We have a workshop where we produce products not only from this raw material but from many other stones, gems, fossils and meteorites; mainly from Russia. During the portion process we excerpt, we saw, we polish and we do cabochons, polished slabs, pendants, jeweler boxes, eggs, spheres and many other things. We sell first-hand products for any taste preferences. Our stones are sold to the kind of people who love stones, gems, meteorites, fossils but also for jewelers, collectors, etc. Thank you for your time! Good luck with your bidding!

Andrey & Family

SPECTROLITE

Spectrolite of Finland - the most beautiful labradorite in the world.

Spectrolite quarried from the rugged bedrock of Ylämaa in the South East of Finland is a Finnish gemstone which meets the three basic requirements:  beauty, hardness and rarity. Spectrolite is a labradorite  feldspar, a member of the albiteanorthite series with approximately 55% anorthite. Its composition is Na (AlSi308), Ca(A12Si208), hardness 6-6,5, refractive indices 1.56-1.57, specific gravity 2.69-2.70 and double refraction 0.008.

Spectrolite was found in 1941during World War 2 when the finns built a defence line on the eastern border. Spectrolite crystals were found in stones raised as antitank obstacles. After the war, the quarrying of the precious stone started on a small scale, increasing in the 50s. In 1973 the first cutting and polishing workshop started to make spectrolite jawels in Ylämaa.

The fascination of spectrolite lies in its richness of colour and changeng tones, which are more remarkable the larger the stone is. The colours have all the shades of the spectrum and reflect the rich hues of Finish scenery - from golden browns to darkest blues. What causes the play of colours is not yet quite known, but interference of light waves in th in layers of material where light is reflected seems to play a role.

Spectrolite is regarded by gemmologists as the worlds most beautiful labradorite. As each country is entitled to name its own gemstones, professor Aarne Laitakari, then Director of the Geological  Survevy of Finland, chose the name "spectrolite", obviously having in mind the spectrum, the coulors of which are visual poetry. This name has been accepted by European gemmologists.

An oval-cut large spectrolite is an enticing objekt and when set in a gold or silver choker or a bracelet it becomes a stunning piece of jewellery. Spectrolite is also very attractive in smaller sizes. This is the reason why it has gained more and more popularity world-wide, drawing people to visit Ylämaa, the place where it is quarried and cut.     

DESCRIPTION OF THIS ITEM

• weight: 9,0 g.
• size: 41 x 35 x 5 mm.
• cabochon is 1 side polished.
• 25,4 mm = 1"

PAYMENT

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We ship from Finland to any corner of the world via priority or economy mail.

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To make it simpler for you to calculate the gross weight of your purchases, we pay ourselves for weight of packages and box for shipping.