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Petalite — specimen 0356, photo © NMNHS
Petalite — specimen 0356, photo © NMNHS

Petalitespecimen 0356

Origin

South America
Brazil
Petalite — specimen 0356, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.88 ct; size: 8.13 | 8.11 | 6.03 mm; shape: octagon; colour: colourless; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Petal’ [pavilion angles changed to 49.00, 43.00] by Glenn & Martha Vargas, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Petalite — specimen 0434Petalite — specimen 0425Petalite — specimen 0287

More information from ‘Classification’


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