Rare Grandidierite 5.69Ct Stunning Blue hot Gemstone Parcel, Perfect for Jewellery Setting.

A very nice parcel of Grandidierite Gemstones.

Dimensions: Varies but largest - 8.3 x 5.6 x 3.4mm
Weight: 5.69 Carat's
Origin: Madagascar

This exclusive gemstone hot came in the limelight in year 1902, in southern Madagascar. The very first sample of the great Grandidierite was procured by a French mineralogist Alfred Lacroix. According to the Cambridge History of Africa, Lacroix gave the name to this bluish green to greenish blue gemstone after a French explorer and naturalist Alfred Grandidier, who discovered the beauty of Madagascar before anyone else and expressed it in detail.