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Rhodolite — specimen 0653, photo © NMNHS
Rhodolite
—
specimen 0653
Origin
East Africa
Tanzania
Data
Weight:
0.35 ct;
size:
4.86 | 4.28 | 2.61 mm;
shape:
hexagon;
colour:
medium strongly purplish red; slightly brownish;
clarity:
eye clean;
cut:
excellent;
treatment:
none.
Notes
Very clean specimen; design ‘Hexamixtum S 41-32’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.
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