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Chromium-dravite — specimen 0525, photo © NMNHS
Chromium-dravite — specimen 0525, photo © NMNHS

Chromium-dravite — specimen 0525

Origin

East Africa
no precise locality
Chromium-dravite — specimen 0525, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.12 ct; size: 7.78 | 4.91 | 3.53 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium dark green; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

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

Other specimens
Chromium-dravite — specimen 0559

More information from ‘Classification’

Chromium-dravite

Some sources suggest the ‘chrome-tourmaline’ actually represents the mineral chromium-dravite.


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