Some time ago, a friend asked me to get some nuummite and so I ordered a number of these little “palm” stones. Nuummite comes from Nuuk, Greenland (a most remote area too … it is accessible only by boat!) and is a curious agglomerate reputed to be over 3 billion years old! It is a nondescript nearly black mineral that shows a remarkable series of patterns when polished. Nuummite is found in other places besides Greenland, but the Greenland pieces are clearly special. Minute crystals included in the base rock show off their schiller (chatoyant flashes) in colors of gold, blue, reddish and brown, although not usually all at once. This one weighs 1.2 oz and is 1.7” by 1.15”.

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Sparkly Nuummite - Oldest Stone in the World