Peristerite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information

Comments

Compositions in the calcic oligoclase range (Ab₇₆) cool and unmix to an inhomogeneous mixture of two feldspars, producing a Schiller, which in the case of peristerites is white or bluish. The effect seems to emanate within the body of the feldspar as a kind of glow.

Name

Peristerite is from the Greek word peristera, meaning pigeon.

Occurrence

Peristerite is well known from Ontario, Canada, where it is very abundant. It is also found at Kioo Hill, Kenya: S.G. 2.63; a=1.531: β= 1.535; γ= 1.539.