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Rhodolite — specimen 0636, photo © NMNHS
Rhodolite — specimen 0636, photo © NMNHS

Rhodolitespecimen 0636

Origin

no precise locality [Africa]
Data

Weight: 0.28 ct; size: 4.64 | 3.91 | 2.49 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium dark strongly purplish red; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Ovalimixtum ST’ [crown angle changed to 21.00], excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Rhodolite — specimen 0647Rhodolite — specimen 0660Rhodolite — specimen 0308Rhodolite — specimen 0341Rhodolite — specimen 0262Rhodolite — specimen 0001Rhodolite — specimen 0653Rhodolite — specimen 0637Rhodolite — specimen 0731

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Currently the name is used for any pink garnet of the pyrope-almandine series.