Charoite is an extremely rare stone from Russia. Charoite comes from the river Chara located in Siberia, Russia. Charoite is a strong a very strong mineral and has a translucent lavender to purple color almost looking synthetic at times. This beautiful hand-made Charoite pin is 100% natural and is set in sterling silver. The size of this Charoite pin is 1.75" x 1" and it weighs 12 grams. Charoite is very rare and extremely limited mineral and is on the verge of extinction due to over mining.