Spessartine — specimen 0049, photo © NMNHS

Spessartine — specimen 0049

Origin

Southern Africa

Namibia

Spessartine — specimen 0049, locality map

Data

Weight: 1.86 ct; size: 8.41 | 5.55 | 4.29 mm; shape: cushion; colour: medium red; very slightly brownish; clarity: slightly included; cut: fair; treatment: none.

Notes

Clean specimen; mixed style cut.

Other specimens

More information from ‘Classification’

Spessartine

Common in granite pegmatites, granites, and rhyolites. Formed in some skarns and metasomatic manganese-rich rocks adjacent to igneous intrusions or in regionally metasomatised areas (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).