Elegant Sugilite Jewelry: Popularly known as Royal Azel

Sugilite is an elegant-looking rare gemstone. It was named after the Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi, who discovered it in 1944. It is considered to be both – a mineral and a gemstone. Because of its popular rich and lustrous shade of pink to purple, it is known as “grape jelly.” It is a sodium lithium silicate mineral. Although the traces of manganese give it its purple color, manganese can also be substituted by iron and aluminum, resulting in a slight variation in the properties and color of sugilite. Sugilite is a prismatic crystal, having a hexagonal crystal system. It is generally translucent in nature. It is marketed with the trade name “Royal Azel,” but in the gemstone community, it is also known as lavulite and luvulite.