Chrome-chalcedony — specimen 0610, photo © NMNHS

Chrome-chalcedony — specimen 0610

Origin

Southern Africa

Zimbabwe, Mashonaland West, Makonde, Mutorashanga

Chrome-chalcedony — specimen 0610, locality map

Data

Weight: 6.08 ct; size: 17.33 | 9.66 | 6.03 mm; shape: marquise; colour: medium dark very slightly bluish green; very slightly greyish; clarity: translucent; cut: very good; treatment: none.

Notes

Clean specimen; cabochon style cut..

More information from ‘Classification’

Chrome-chalcedony

A variety of chalcedony coloured by Cr compounds. Also known as mtorolite.