Featured New stone to me - mtorolite

Isn't this nice? I'd never heard of the stone before. The setting is sort of fused, too.

 

New to me too!

 

will almost certainly appreciate with time........... oh..that's nasty !!!!

a bigger ruse or come on , you can't find !

if a dealer ever sez that to you......run away...run away fast !!!

 

Very pretty... never heard of it!
Leslie

 

Found this in a google search: Mtorolite is the name given to a chromium enriched variety of Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz whose sub-microscopic particles are arranged in fibrous layers, it is also called Chrome Chalcedony. The rich green colouration can be a deep emerald green to deep green/blue.

 

Not sure if the green color here is of the stone... or the green "glue" loosely poured in the cups!

 

Mtorolite is what they call it in Zimbabwe. It is found in other parts of the world as well, where it is usually 'just' called chromium or chrome chalcedony.

Both. You can see the stone without the glue in the last pic.

 

It isn't acually glue. I know it looks sort of layered, but the stone is all one piece, and the colour is internal to it. The setting is fused: looks as though it was done hot, it sort of follows the contour of the stone.