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Danburite — specimen 0546, photo © NMNHS
Danburite — specimen 0546, photo © NMNHS

Danburite — specimen 0546

Origin

Central America
Mexico, Charcas
Danburite — specimen 0546, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.46 ct; size: 5.84 | 4.87 | 3.55 mm; shape: oval; colour: colourless; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Ovalimixtum ST’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Danburite — specimen 0327Danburite — specimen 0122Danburite — specimen 0234Danburite — specimen 0485Danburite — specimen 0501Danburite — specimen 0502

More information from ‘Classification’

Danburite

In granite and metamorphosed carbonate rocks associated with hydrothermal activity (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).


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