Genuine purple Russian charolite gemstone is set in handmade sterling silver pendant necklace This is a very lovely violet purple gemstone with swirls of color and areas of depth that appear you can see into the stone! Charolite is only found in one place in the world, Russia and the mines there have been cutting back on production output making this stone harder to find. Currently it goes for about $ 150.00 a pound in the rough stone if you can find it Some of the pictures may show it a little more blue than the stone actually is. I had some trouble getting natural color in the photograph comes with an 18 inch 1.3 mm double rope sterling silver chain and black velvet gift box