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Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0097, photo © NMNHS
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0097, photo © NMNHS

Marialite-meionite seriesspecimen 0097

Origin

Southern Africa
Namibia
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0097, locality map
Data

Weight: 2.78 ct; size: 11.47 | 8.02 | 3.64 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium dark reddish orange; very slightly brownish; clarity: translucent; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; cabochon style cut.

Other specimens
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0195Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0196Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0255

More information from ‘Classification’


A series between marialite and meionite. Commonly used name is scapolite.