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Spodumene — specimen 0454, photo © NMNHS
Spodumene — specimen 0454, photo © NMNHS

Spodumenespecimen 0454

Origin

no precise locality [Africa]
Data

Weight: 9.40 ct; size: 18.09 | 9.32 | 8.77 mm; shape: pear; colour: very light yellowish green; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; mixed style cut.

Other specimens
Spodumene — specimen 0443

More information from ‘Classification’


A common constituent of lithium-rich granite pegmatites; in gneisses (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).