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Bowenite — specimen 0152, photo © NMNHS
Bowenite — specimen 0152, photo © NMNHS

Bowenite — specimen 0152

Origin

North America
USA, Rhode Island
Bowenite — specimen 0152, locality map
Data

Weight: 5.12 ct; size: 14.07 | 10.03 | 4.85 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium yellow; very slightly brownish; clarity: translucent; cut: very good; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; very good cabochon style cut.

More information from ‘Classification’

Bowenite

A variety of antigorite; originally described from Rhode Island, USA.


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