Friedelite beetle This gem has a very

This gem has a very slight amount of inclusions

and it would make a superb center stone for a pendant

Brilliant “glass”-like beads of gemmy to TRANSPARENT

and you simply can't get your hands on gems with this kind of clarity

Friedelite beetle This gem has a veryWith 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