Clinohumite — specimen 0045, photo © NMNHS

Clinohumite — specimen 0045

Origin

Southeast Asia

Vietnam, Yên Bái, Lục Yên

Clinohumite — specimen 0045, locality map

Data

Weight: 0.16 ct; size: 3.53 | 2.86 | 1.99 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium orangey red; strong; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.

Notes

Very clean specimen; good step cut style. Source: John Bradshaw, Coast to Coast Rare Stones International.

Other specimens

More information from ‘Classification’

Clinohumite

In contact metamorphic zones in dolomite rocks and metasomatised limestones adjacent to felsic rocks; in serpentine and talc schists; in carbonatites (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Faceted specimens are rare.