Jeremejevite — specimen 0586, photo © NMNHS

Jeremejevite — specimen 0586

Origin

Southern Africa

Namibia, Erongo, Mount Erongo

Jeremejevite — specimen 0586, locality map

Data

Weight: 0.14 ct; size: 3.89 | 2.75 | 1.94 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium light very slightly greenish blue; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: very good; treatment: none.

Notes

Very clean specimen; very good mixed style cut. Source: John Bradshaw, Coast to Coast Rare Stones International.

More information from ‘Classification’

Jeremejevite

A rare late hydrothermal mineral formed in granitic pegmatites (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). One of the rarest gemstones.