Väyrynenite — specimen 0115, photo © NMNHS

Väyrynenite — specimen 0115

Origin

South Asia

Pakistan

Väyrynenite — specimen 0115, locality map

Data

Weight: 0.08 ct; size: 2.46 | 2.44 | 1.89 mm; shape: round; colour: medium light strongly purplish red; slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.

Notes

Very clean specimen; good mixed style cut. Source: David Weinberg, Multicolour Gems Ltd.

More information from ‘Classification’

Väyrynenite

An alteration product of beryl and triphylite in a complex zoned granite pegmatites (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). One of the rarest gemstones.