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Bromellite is an extremely rare gem, possibly the rarest gemstone in existance. At this time only 17 faceted Bromellite gems are known to exist. One colorless Bromellite crystal was found near Gilmala, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka in March 1999. It was cut into 17 faceted gems. The largest 3 of the 17 gems weighed 2.80 ct, 1.92 ct and 0.68 ct. The remaining 14 gems were all below 0.50 ct in weight. The picture above is of a 0.41 ct Bromellite gem that was one of the original 17 Bromellite gems (photo courtesy of Murray Burford – sinhalite.com). This one crystal is the only known gem quality crystal to be found to date. Gems & Gemology has described the three largest stonesl cut from the Sri Lanka crystal in the Fall 2002 issue, V.38 N.3 pages 250-251. Very small Bromellite crystals have also been found in the Ural mountain area of Russia, but these are all far too small to be faceted.