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Sunstone — specimen 0622, photo © NMNHS
Sunstone — specimen 0622, photo © NMNHS

Sunstone — specimen 0622

Origin

no precise locality [Africa]
Data

Weight: 6.63 ct; size: 16.35 | 10.64 | 5.15 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium light orangey red; very slightly brownish; clarity: translucent; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; mixed style cut.

Other specimens
Sunstone — specimen 0623

More information from ‘Classification’

Sunstone

A rock; feldspar (oligoclase) with inclusions of hematite.


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