Stichtite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Stichtite is not facetable, but the pink color is quite striking in cabochons. Cut stones are especially beautiful when there are other minerals present to add splashes of green and yellow. This material somewhat resembles a pink, granular material from the USSR referred to as canasite.
Dimorph of Barbertonite.
Has a greasy feel.
Streak: White to lilac.
Optics: o=1.545; e =1.518.
Uniaxial (-).
Shadow edge seen at about 1.53.
Occurrence: In serpentine rocks, usually associated with chromite.
Black Lake, Quebec, Canada.
Dundas, Tasmania: mixed with green serpentine.
Transvaal, South Africa; Algeria.
Comments: Stichtite is not facetable, but the pink color is quite striking in cabochons. Cut stones are especially beautiful when there are other minerals present to add splashes of green and yellow. This material somewhat resembles a pink, granular material from the USSR referred to as canasite.
Name: After Robert Sticht of Tasmania, general manager of the Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Co.
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