Sonoranite is a brand new gemstone which will be offered to the public soon. It has taken over eight years of intensive back-breaking work, to bring this gem to the surface. It is family owned and mined using only hand and small power tools, to minimize fracturing or damage to this very special find. Sonoranite has undergone extensive testing and analysis through various universities, as well as GIA. There are no equivalences known!

Some of the tests which were performed include:

Wet chemical

XRF – X-ray fluorescence

XRD – X-ray diffraction

Raman spectroscopy

Common attributes extending across the vein thus far include:

Moh’s Hardness  = 7 – 7.5

Gold

Silver

Copper

“REE”,  rare – earth elements,

“PGMs”,  platinum group metals,

Metal sulphides.