SUPER ULTRA RARE NATURAL UNTREATED BIXBITE FROM UTAH - WORLDS RAREST GEM SPECIES

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED OVAL CUT BIXBITE MINED FROM UTAH WITH EXCELLENT AAA QUALITY. FACETED INTO AN OVAL NATIVE CUT WITH A GOOD CUT GRADE. GORGEOUS VIVID YET SATURATED LIPSTICK RED COLOR AND VERY SLIGHTLY INCLUDED TYPE 3 CLARITY WHICH IS EXCELLENT FOR THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES. MEASURES 5X4 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.48 CARATS. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST QUALITY BIXBITE WE HAVE EVER SOLD MAKING THIS A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY GEMSTONE ENTHUSIAST OR JEWELER. BIXBITE WAS VOTED AS THE RAREST GEMSTONE IN THE WORLD IN 2013 BY THE GEMOLOGISTS GUILD AND LOUPE MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY GIA, AND IT WAS FOR GOOD REASON. THIS RARE GEM SPECIES IS A FORM OF BERYL MUCH LIKE AQUAMARINE OR EMERALD ONLY MUCH, MUCH, MORE RARE BECAUSE OF SEVERAL FACTORS. BIXITE IS ONLY FOUND IN UTAH AND CALIFORNIA. THE VERY FEW POCKETS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND CONTAIN VERY LITTLE MATERIAL SO THEIR IS NO COMMERCIAL MINING OPERATIONS IN PLACE, AND LIKELY NEVER WILL BE. THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES IS A TYPE 3 GEM, WHICH MEANS IT IS NEARLY ALWAYS INCLUDED AND EVEN THE FINEST SPECIMENS MAY HAVE EYE VISIBLE INCLUSIONS. EYE CLEAN SPECIMENS ARE VERY RARE, IN FACT GIA ESTIMATES FOR EVERY 1,000 CARATS OF FACETED BIXBITE LESS THAN 1 CARAT OF MATERIAL IS EYE CLEAN! THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES HAS BEEN KNOWN TO SELL FOR TENS, AND EVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT!