Ooo I’ll have to look this one up! I wonder how much that would cost for a chip
I’ve never heard of this mineral before so I did some digging
Painite is named after the person who found it, Arthur C.D. Pain. He originally misidentified it as a ruby, but it was determined to be something else entirely in the 1950s. The Wikipedia page says because of its rarity, “painite can cost between US$50,000 to $60,000 per carat.” (Painite - Wikipedia)
The mineral’s rarity is due to zirconium and boron rarely interacting with each other in nature…Until late 2004, only two had been cut into faceted gemstones. - (Painite - Wikipedia)
I’d love to have a piece, too, but not at that price tag!
Move over moldvite lol
No kidding! Whoever has those stones, good for them, I suppose
Im cool with the moldavite that’s too rich for my blood