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Vesuvianite — specimen 0486, photo © NMNHS
Vesuvianite — specimen 0486, photo © NMNHS

Vesuvianitespecimen 0486

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Vesuvianite — specimen 0486, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.45 ct; size: 8.08 | 6.05 | 4.20 mm; shape: oval; colour: dark yellowish green; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

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

More information from ‘Classification’


In skarns formed during contact or regional metamorphism of limestones; in mafic and ultramafic rocks, and serpentinites; uncommon in alkalic igneous rocks (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).