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Semi Precious Stone Gaspeite Necklace
Gaspeite is found as a minor mineral around nickel sulfide deposits.
It was thought of as just a gangue gem
stone by miners when it was encountered and usually placed
in the mines dumps or tailings. A gangue mineral
is a stone that probably contains the ore metal, but its chemistry is
such that processing it is either impossible or unprofitable. Such was
the case with Gaspeite despite being rich in nickel. Of course lapidary
craftsmen have a different view of Gaspésie’s profitability!
Gaspeite is named for its type locality of Gaspe' Peninsula,
Limoux Township, Gaspe'-oust County, Quebec, Canada, but the best material
of late is coming from North of Perth, Australia.
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