Friedelite beetle Camp Bird or Idarado)

Camp Bird or Idarado)

This gem has a very slight amount of inclusions

Specimen# CO712B68

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The piece was a bit difficult to photograph but truly looks much better in person

Friedelite beetle Camp Bird or Idarado)With the hundreds of species found at Franklin and Sterling Hill, there are only a few that are worthy of yielding cut stones. A few that come to mind are Willemite, Zincite and Friedelite. Most species from Franklin are either too tiny, too devoid of color or too freaking rare to even consider cutting into gems. Friedelite is a cool phyllosilicate and the historic mining district at Franklin is probably the only place in the world to yield gemmy