Thulite

Thulite – Ca2(Al,Mn3+)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Class: Silicates – Sorosilicate
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Hardness: 6-7
Quartz
Talc (1)Diamond (10)
Scratches glass. Harder than a steel knife.
Origin: Snillfjord, Orkland, Trondelag – Norway
Did you know?

The name reaches back to ultima Thule, the land at the very edge of the maps of the ancient world, the farthest north anyone believed existed. When a warm pink stone turned up in Norway, it was given that name for the far northern country it came from, a gem from the supposed end of the Earth.