Pargasite — specimen 0294, photo © NMNHS

Pargasite — specimen 0294

Origin

East Africa

Tanzania

Data

Weight: 0.70 ct; size: 6.98 | 4.91 | 3.07 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium dark reddish orange; strong; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.

Notes

Very clean specimen; good mixed style cut.

Other specimens

More information from ‘Classification’

Pargasite

In skarns metamorphosed from siliceous limestones; schists and amphibolites; also from andesitic volcanic and altered ultramafic rocks (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Extremely rare as faceted specimens.