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Petalite — specimen 0287, photo © NMNHS
Petalite — specimen 0287, photo © NMNHS

Petalite — specimen 0287

Origin

South America
Brazil
Petalite — specimen 0287, locality map
Data

Weight: 4.20 ct; size: 10.66 | 8.75 | 6.64 mm; shape: octagon; colour: colourless; clarity: eye clean; cut: very good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; very good step cut style. Source: David Weinberg, Multicolour Gems Ltd.

Other specimens
Petalite — specimen 0434Petalite — specimen 0425Petalite — specimen 0356

More information from ‘Classification’

Petalite

In granite pegmatites, locally constituting an ore of lithium (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).


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