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Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0125, photo © NMNHS
Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0125, photo © NMNHS

Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0125

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania, Arusha, Namanga
Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0125, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.50 ct; size: 5.26 | 4.51 | 2.96 mm; shape: window; colour: medium dark slightly purplish red; strong; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; excellent step style cut. Source: Jeffery Davies, Jeffery Davies Fine Jewelry & Gemstones.

Other specimens
Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0141Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0005Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0621

More information from ‘Classification’

Pyrope-almandine series

Intermediate in composition between pyrope and almandine; includes the so-called rhodolite.


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