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Danburite — specimen 0327, photo © NMNHS
Danburite — specimen 0327, photo © NMNHS

Danburite — specimen 0327

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania, Dodoma
Danburite — specimen 0327, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.80 ct; size: 6.96 | 5.40 | 3.34 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium light yellow; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; mixed style cut with large window. Source: David Weinberg, Multicolour Gems Ltd.

Other specimens
Danburite — specimen 0122Danburite — specimen 0234Danburite — specimen 0546Danburite — specimen 0485Danburite — specimen 0501Danburite — specimen 0502

More information from ‘Classification’

Danburite

In granite and metamorphosed carbonate rocks associated with hydrothermal activity (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).


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