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Rhodolite — specimen 0637, photo © NMNHS
Rhodolite — specimen 0637, photo © NMNHS

Rhodolite — specimen 0637

Origin

East Africa
no precise locality
Rhodolite — specimen 0637, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.37 ct; size: 5.10 | 4.32 | 2.72 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 0636Rhodolite — specimen 0731

More information from ‘Classification’

Rhodolite

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


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