Gemstone globe made from Sugilite (Collectors item!)

Timmersgems imported in 1996 as the first European gemstone wholesale "a globe of precious stone, inlaid with precious stones of various countries" We achieved the European innovation award in Hamburg and now in the year 2014, the Lapis globe in three sizes (150-220-330 mm) and two versions (standing globe or three-leg) expanded in 2008 with the Onyx globe, arise for the Board of Directors at Philips, and expanded in 2011 with the Pearl-globe. So three main gemstone types with three sizes in stand are 9 models and 9 models in 3-leg total of 18 models.
 
Gemstone globes and Lapis Lazuli.

Production of our globes in Hong Kong Our globes are:
- All hand placed magnificent glazed tile mosaics (with more than 35 species in one gemstone globe) 
- There are more than 1000 hours in one globe.
- The bulb is protected by a plastic coating 'so that the rubbing letters remain protected if the globe is touched.
- Our meridians are inlaid with 585/000 (''14 Karat' ') Yellow Gold 
- 100% guaranteed genuine gemstones and no color copy (which you easily recognized by the folds on the globe) 
Timmersgems WORLD GLOBES FIRST & BEST IN EUROPE.

The mineral sugilite is a potassium-sodium-iron-manganese-aluminum lithium silicate having the chemical formula KNa2 (Fe2 +, Mn2 +, Al) 2 Li3 Si12 O30. The mineral belongs to the cyclosilicates. The translucent to translucent brown, pink or purple sugilite has a glass gloss, a white stripe color and the cleavage is unclear according to the crystal plane. The average density is 2.74 and the hardness is 6 to 6.5. The crystal system is hexagonal and the radioactivity of the mineral is hardly measurable. The gamma ray value according to the American Petroleum Institute is 54.07. The mineral sugilite is named after the Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901 - 1948). Sugilite occurs mainly in metamorphic manganese-containing rocks and in alkaline solidification rocks. The type location is located on the Iwagi island in the Ehime Prefecture, Japan.