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Rhodolite — specimen 0647, photo © NMNHS
Rhodolite — specimen 0647, photo © NMNHS

Rhodolitespecimen 0647

Origin

East Africa
no precise locality
Rhodolite — specimen 0647, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.28 ct; size: 5.00 | 2.88 | 2.04 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium purple; slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

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

Other specimens
Rhodolite — specimen 0660Rhodolite — specimen 0308Rhodolite — specimen 0341Rhodolite — specimen 0262Rhodolite — specimen 0001Rhodolite — specimen 0653Rhodolite — specimen 0636Rhodolite — specimen 0637Rhodolite — specimen 0731

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Currently the name is used for any pink garnet of the pyrope-almandine series.