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Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0255, photo © NMNHS
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0255, photo © NMNHS

Marialite-meionite seriesspecimen 0255

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0255, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.39 ct; size: 6.11 | 4.02 | 2.82 mm; shape: oval; colour: light yellow; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; good mixed style cut. Source: Gary Eisenberg, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Other specimens
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0097Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0195Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0196

More information from ‘Classification’


A series between marialite and meionite. Commonly used name is scapolite.