Poudretteite
Another representative of the precious stone family. They found him in the eighties of the twentieth century, near the city of Montreal (Canada), in the depths of the Saint Hill Mountains, and he was given a «name» in honor of the owners of the mine — the Poudrette family. Over the next few years, several dozen more specimens were found here. These crystals were practically colorless or pale pink in color, having a low hardness, they lend themselves well to cutting. After processing, pudretteite changes color, it can be from deep pink to purple. At the very beginning of this century, a purple mineral was found in Burma, which, after cutting, turned into a gemstone weighing three carats. For five years, rather large stones were found here, and since 2005. didn’t reveal himself. The starting price of this stone starts at two thousand dollars and can go up to ten thousand dollars per carat, and it depends on the clarity and saturation of the color.
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