Hessonite — specimen 0210, photo © NMNHS

Hessonite — specimen 0210

Origin

Central America

Mexico, Baja California

Data

Weight: 1.04 ct; size: 6.11 | 5.00 | 3.79 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium orangey red; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.

Notes

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

Other specimens

More information from ‘Classification’

Hessonite

Also known as ‘cinnamon stone’; a golden orange variety of grossular.