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Kyanite — specimen 0481, photo © NMNHS
Kyanite — specimen 0481, photo © NMNHS

Kyanitespecimen 0481

Origin

Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Kyanite — specimen 0481, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.59 ct; size: 6.04 | 4.13 | 2.62 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium very slightly greenish blue; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; mixed style cut; good polish.

More information from ‘Classification’


In gneisses, schists, included pegmatites, and quartz veins, from regional metamorphism of sedimentary rocks (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).