Where Can Kornerupine Be Found?

Kornerupine is found in just a few locations around the world. While it was discovered in Greenland, most gem grade Kornerupine comes from Tanzania, Kenya or Madagascar in Africa, or Sri Lanka and Myanmar in Asia.

What is the hardness of kornerupine?

2. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic - dipyramidal crystal system as brown, green, yellow to colorless slender tourmaline like prisms or in massive fibrous forms. It has a Mohs hardness of 7 and a specific gravity of 3.3 to 3.34.

Is Kornerupine real?

Kornerupine is mostly a collectors' stone. The stone was named for the outstanding Danish mineralogist Andreas Kornerup (1857-81), who explored Greenland where the mineral was first discovered at Fiskenaesset in 1884. Gem quality material however, was not found until around 1912. Kornerupine is a metamorphic mineral.