![stichtite cut in cabochon](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/stichtite-cabochon55-150x150.png)
![pink pezzottaite from Madagascar oval cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pezzottaite-ovale-madagascar98-300x200.png)
pezzotaite
![pezzottaite crystal from Madagascar](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pezzottaite-cristal-madagascar-300x200.jpg)
pezzottaite crystal from Madagascar
![pink pezzottaite from Madagascar oval cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pezzotaite-rose-ovale-madagascar-300x200.jpg)
pink pezzottaite from Madagascar oval cut
![liquid like inclusions, growing tube patterns and fractures](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/inclusions-pezzottaite-300x200.jpg)
liquid like inclusions, growing tube patterns and fractures
![liquid like inclusions and tubes](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/inclusions-pezzottaite-2-300x200.jpg)
liquid like inclusions and tubes
![liquid inclusions and tube](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/inclusions-pezzottaite-3-300x200.jpg)
liquid inclusions and tube
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CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Cs(Be2Li)Al2[Si6O18]
aluminum, lithium, cesium and beryllium cyclosilicate
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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Main color
pink
Other colors
red
its color is due to caesium
Color of streak
white
Luster
vitreous
Hardness
8.0 to 0.0
Density
2.90 to 3.10
Cleavage
indistinct
Fracture
conchoidal
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OPTICAL PROPERTIES
Transparency
translucent, transparent
Refractive index
1.608 - 1.615
Double refraction
0.007
very weak, uniaxial (-)
visible double refraction
No
Dispersion
-
Pleochroism
strong
Number of colors
2
orange - red, purple
![](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spectre-absorption-pezzottaite.jpg)
pezzottaite spectrum system
Fluorescence
none
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CRYSTALS PROPERTIES
pseudo-hexagonal massive
![](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cristal-pezzotaite.gif)
crystals system
trigonal
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OTHER INFORMATIONS
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APPROACHING GEMS
Exploited
sites
It is found at the Sakavalana mine, near Ambatovita in the region of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar but also in Afghanistan (in the Nuristan region and Ningharar).
use in jewelry
collection stone of a beautiful color, its hardness would allow the use in jewelry. It is cut faceted or cabochon when of gem quality, with a nice effect in its varieties of a beautiful translucent pink.
Venez visitez
notre site web
voillot-joaillier.fr
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