Charoite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Silicate
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Density
- Medium (2.5 to 3.2)
- Occurs in
- Metamorphic rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Purple
- Lustre
- Pearly, Silky
- Use
- Jewellery
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Charoite is found in only one place: near the Chara River in Siberia, Russia.
- It was described as a new mineral only in 1978, although geologists noticed the purple stone in the 1940s.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q422167 · All stones · All entries