Tuesday 10 January 2012

Bolivianita gem

Bolivia is home to the world's one and only known bolivianita mine. Bolivianita is a precious stone or gem that is partially yellow and partially purple. It's produced when citrine and ametrine combine. It is said that hundreds of years ago a beautiful Ayoreo princess named Anahí fell in love with a Spanish conqueror. This angered the members of her tribe so they plotted to kill the Spaniard. Anahí found out and warned him to leave for his safety. The members of her tribe, in an attempt to kill the Spaniard, accidentally killed Anahí instead. The two fused colors represent Anahí's broken heart, divided between her love for her people and her love for her Spaniard, to whom she gave the gem as she lay dying.

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