Fine petalite is rare and fragile for this reason it is only occasionally cut for the collector. Crystals arc transparent, colorless or white occurring an tabular or columnar prisms with a glassy appearance. Massive retaliate is more common, cut en cabochon.
Occurrence
Elba (Italy), Brazil, Australia, Sweden, Finland, USA, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.
Remarks
Pearls
were once thought to be the tears of the gods.
Peralite 
