Chinese
Name:黝簾石/紅綠寶/紅寶黝簾石
English Name:Zoisite, Anyolite,
Ruby in Zoisite
Chemical Composition:Ca2,Al3Si3O12(OH)
Calcium aluminum silicate
Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Hardness:6.5 - 7
SG:3.35
RI:1.691 - 1.700 (Double Refraction
+0.009)
Related Chakra:Heart & Root
Locality:Africa, Tanzania, Pakistan,
Switerland, Austria, Norway
Colour:Transparent, yellow, green,
pink, red(thulite), blue(tanzanite)
Remarks:Name after the collector
Zois, was first found in the Sau-Alp mountains in Karnten,
Austria, in 1805. It was originally called saualpite. (Tanzanite
was found in 1954) The gemstone members of the group are tanzanite
and thulite as well as anyolite. |