Clinohumite
Clinohumite
Clinohumite is a very rare gemstone, named after its monoclinic crystal structure and its relation to humite which was named after Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838), English collector of gemstones, minerals, and pieces of arts.
The color of Clinohumite can be brown, yellow or white. This gem has a hardness of 6 on the Mohs scale. Clinohumite is considered to be a semi-precious gemstone. Very limited in nature and mined in only two spots on earth, which is the Pamir Mountains of Russia and Tanzania. Clinohumite is among the 10 rarest gemstones on earth, with only a few thousand carats known to exist in private collections. While extremely rare, some 1-2 carat stones are available.