CHAR013 Charoite Trilliant Cab 8 x 8 x 8 mm 2.50 ct $4.50

CHAR014 Charoite Heart-Shaped Pear Cab 6 x 6 mm 1.40 ct $2.50

CHAR015 Charoite Heart-Shaped Pear Cab 6 x 6 mm 1.05 ct $1.75

CHAR016 Charoite Heart-Shaped Pear Cab 6 x 6 mm 1.20 ct $2.00

CHAR017 Charoite Heart-Shaped Pear Cab 6 x 6 mm .90 ct $1.50

CHAR018 Charoite Heart-Shaped Pear Cab 6 x 6 mm 1.15 ct $2.00

CHAR001 Charoite Oval Cab 11 x 9 mm 3.15 ct $5.50

CHAR002 Charoite Oval Cab 11 x 9 mm 3.25 ct $5.75

CHAR003 Charoite Oval Cab 10 x 8 mm 3.00 ct $5.25

CHAR004 Charoite Oval Cab 10 x 8 mm 3.70 ct $6.50

CHAR005 Charoite Oval Cab 10 x 8 mm 3.45 ct $6.00

CHAR006 Charoite Oval Cab 8 x 6 mm 2.05 ct $3.50

CHAR007 Charoite Oval Cab 8 x 6 mm 1.95 ct $3.50

CHAR008 Charoite Oval Cab 8 x 6 mm 1.85 ct $3.25

CHAR009 Charoite Oval Cab 8 x 6 mm 1.90 ct SOLD

CHAR010 Charoite Oval Cab 8 x 6 mm 2.05 ct $3.50

CHAR011 Charoite Oval Cab 8 x 6 mm 1.10 ct $2.00

CHAR012 Charoite Oval Cab 8 x 6 mm 1.00 ct SOLD

Gems of Nirvana offers unique Charoite where no two pieces are alike.  The Russians first discovered charoite in 1947 in the Murun mountains in Yakutia, but it was not known in the West until 1978. Charoite is used as an ornamental stone and as a gemstone.  Charoite is an unsual mineral and of rare occurence. It formed from alteration of limestones by the close presences of an alkali-rich nephline syenite intrusion. The heat, pressure and more importantly, the infusion of unique chemicals into the rock is responsible for the transformations into new minerals such as charoite.