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Brazilianite — specimen 0127, photo © NMNHS
Brazilianite — specimen 0127, photo © NMNHS

Brazilianitespecimen 0127

Origin

South America
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio Doce, Divino das Laranjeiras, Linópolis
Brazilianite — specimen 0127, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.81 ct; size: 6.14 | 6.12 | 4.02 mm; shape: round; colour: medium light yellowish green; slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: very good; treatment: none.
Notes

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

Other specimens
Brazilianite — specimen 0002

More information from ‘Classification’


A hydrothermal mineral in phosphate-rich zones of granite pegmatites; also in metamorphosed sedimentary deposits (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Faceted specimens are rare.