Zoisite ruby ( anyolite ) cabochon. Tanzania (merelani plateau)

Cost for any cabochon.

28/33 mm length
18/23 mm - width
14/16 mm- thickness, without backing.
Weight from 10,92 grams to 20,41 grams.
Mirror polished.

Rock - aniolite,contains zoisite in the form of highly textured polycrystal with a very rare inclusion of bright green,almost transparent single crystal zoisite( all very difficult..)
Polycrystalline zoisite with inclusions of black dots,and black dots are a hornblende, and plus with inclusions of ruby - has always been considered a beautiful and popular ornamental stone.

The finished cabochons of green zoisite with inclusions of small crystals of ruby, always had a high decorative and in spite of the high prevalence in the market and appreciated up to the present time very high in the art of jewellery.

Ruby in zoisite can be transparent,as it is highly blocky,but single crystal.