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Iolite

Here are some examples of work incorporating this stone, and other links where it is mentioned.

Featured Works

Hair Piece
Photograph of a person wearing a decorative, ornate silver hair clip against a black background.
Iolite, Garnet
Walkabout
Silver pendant with two opals
Boulder Opal, Carved Boulder Opal, Iolite
Flight of Fancy
Silver pendant with two stones
Boulder Opal, Iolite
Spaces In Between
Silver necklace with geometric shapes, colorful gemstones.
Iolite, Peridot, Amethyst
Vortex
Silver necklace with blue stones on a black surface.
Boulder Opal, Iolite, Moonstone
Genie The Playful
Necklace with silver abstract design and blue stone.
Iolite, Boulder Opal, Lapis Lazuli

About Iolite

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Cordierite (mineralogy) or iolite (gemology) is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate. Iron is almost always present, and a solid solution exists between Mg-rich cordierite and Fe-rich sekaninaite with a series formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(Si5AlO18) to (Fe,Mg)2Al3(Si5AlO18). A high-temperature polymorph exists, indialite, which is isostructural with beryl and has a random distribution of Al in the (Si,Al)6O18 rings. Cordierite is also synthesized and used in high temperature applications such as catalytic converters and pizza stones.

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