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Schorl — specimen 0513, photo © NMNHS
Schorl — specimen 0513, photo © NMNHS

Schorl — specimen 0513

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Schorl — specimen 0513, locality map
Data

Weight: 2.51 ct; size: 9.23 | 7.12 | 4.40 mm; shape: oval; colour: black; clarity: opaque; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean, opaque specimen; mixed style cut.

Other specimens
Schorl — specimen 0222

More information from ‘Classification’

Schorl

In granites and granite pegmatites, high-temperature hydrothermal veins, and some metamorphic rocks (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).


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