Clinohumite

Clinohumite is a rare gem prized for its various shades of honey colors. Its a unique mineral of the Humite group of minerals. Typically found in Tajikistan and other locations across the Pamir Mountains. It forms when limestone under immense heat and pressure become unstable and break apart, if present the most compatible minerals like magnesium, iron, fluorine and hydroxyl reform and recrystallize to make Clinohumite as a new mineral. The different shades and hues of honey colors from yellows to ambers to golden oak makes these such elegant looking gems

Hardness: 6
Composition: (Mg,Fe)₉(SiO₄)₄(F,OH)₂