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Titanite — specimen 0016, photo © NMNHS
Titanite
—
specimen 0016
Origin
East Africa
Madagascar
Data
Weight:
0.66 ct;
size:
5.24 | 5.19 | 3.57 mm;
shape:
round;
colour:
medium orangey yellow; very slightly brownish;
clarity:
eye clean;
cut:
very good;
treatment:
none.
Notes
Very clean specimen; very good mixed style cut. Source: David Weinberg,
Multicolour Gems Ltd
.
Other specimens
More information from ‘Classification’
Titanite
Also known as
sphene
; a common accessory mineral in intermediate and
felsic
rocks,
pegmatites
, and alpine veins; in
gneisses
,
schists
, and some
skarns
(
Anthony et al., 2001—2005
).
Gemmology — gemstones
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