Chambersite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Chambersite is an exceedingly rare mineral, as might be gathered from the locality information. Crystals are generally tiny and are recovered by skin diving to a depth of as much as 70 feet in brine. Cut stones are merely curiosities and very few exist.
Chambersite Value
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Chambersite Information
| Data | Value |
| Name | Chambersite |
| Crystallography | Orthorhombic. Crystals shaped like tetrahedra, up to 1 cm on edge. |
| Colors | Colorless, brownish, lilac, purple. |
| Luster | Vitreous. |
| Hardness | 7 |
| Specific Gravity | 3.49 |
| Birefringence | 0.012 |
| Cleavage | None |
| Stone Sizes | Cut stones are not really transparent and are usually under 2 carats. Gems are generally triangular in shape and are cut by beveling and polishing off part of the tetrahedron of a crystal to save weight. Cut stones are, in a sense, truncated crystals with their surfaces polished. |
| Luminescence | None |
| Spectral | Not diagnostic |
| Formula | Mn3 B7O13CI. |
Optics: a = 1.732; β= 1.737; γ = 1.744.
Biaxial (+), 2V ~83°
Occurrence: Occurs in brines in storage well at Barber’s Hill salt dome, Chambers County, Texas.
Comments: Chambersite is an exceedingly rare mineral, as might be gathered from the locality information. Crystals are generally tiny and are recovered by skin diving to a depth of as much as 70 feet in brine. Cut stones are merely curiosities and very few exist.
Name: From the Texas locality
