Dravite — specimen 0117, photo © NMNHS

Dravite — specimen 0117

Origin

Southern Africa

Namibia

Data

Weight: 1.31 ct; size: 7.49 | 7.48 | 4.41 mm; shape: round; colour: medium dark yellow; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.

Notes

Very clean specimen; excellent mixed style cut. Source: Jeffery Davies, Jeffery Davies Fine Jewelry & Gemstones.

Other specimens

More information from ‘Classification’

Dravite

Commonly in metamorphosed limestones or mafic igneous rocks; rarely in pegmatites; in sedimentary rocks (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).