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Emerald — specimen 0594, photo © NMNHS
Emerald — specimen 0594, photo © NMNHS

Emeraldspecimen 0594

Origin

South Asia
Afghanistan, Panjshir, Panjshir Valley, 35.42639°N 69.83333°E
Emerald — specimen 0594, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.05 ct; size: 2.39 | 2.35 | 1.54 mm; shape: octagon; colour: light very slightly bluish green; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Octangulum Quardum’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Emerald — specimen 0351Emerald — specimen 0353Emerald — specimen 0354Emerald — specimen 0355Emerald — specimen 0357

More information from ‘Classification’


A green variety of the beryl; coloured by chromium or/and vanadium.