BGO12 Bismuth Germanate Facet Rough Marked Letter:1pc 6-7g no durability issues and good

no durability issues and good optical properties which make it sparkle brilliantly

In sunlight it has a strong golden hue while some indoor lights will make it more pure yellow or more orangeish

This means that it shows a mixture of red and green flashes

It weighs in at 82g and measures about 31x28x28mm

BGO12 Bismuth Germanate Facet Rough Marked Letter:1pc 6-7g no durability issues and goodThese are BGO 12 aka Bismuth Germanate facet rough. This is a real cool rarity in the gem world. Bismuth Germanate (in this case, specifically Bi3Ge4O12 aka evlitine) is valued as an optical substrate because of its highly unusual electrooptical properties. It has exceptionally good optical properties too, with (as far as we can tell the literature is weak) an RI of 2. 15 and dispersion of 0. 1. Cut stones are incredibly beautiful with high brilliance