Labradorite cabochon

Labradorite cabochon

Size: approx. 22x14mm

Weight: 15.85ct

Electric blue with soft, olive green – fantastic display of colour from this stone.

Labradorite is a member of the feldspar family and owes its amazing variety of colours to light being reflected and refracted by internal fractures in the stone.  This type of iridescence is called labradorescence!

With a hardness of 6, poor toughness, good cleavage and good stability, it is better suited for use in pendants, earrings and brooches but care should be taken in rings and bracelets and when setting the stones themselves.  Abrasion and wear may occur in rings and bracelets

• Hardness – resistance to scratching and wear
• Stability – resistance to alteration by light, heat or chemicals
• Toughness – resistance to fracture, cleavage or cracking

Please note you will receive the stone in the photograph