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Rhodolite — specimen 0653, photo © NMNHS
Rhodolite — specimen 0653, photo © NMNHS

Rhodolitespecimen 0653

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Rhodolite — specimen 0653, locality map
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.

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