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Pyrope — specimen 0662, photo © NMNHS
Pyrope — specimen 0662, photo © NMNHS

Pyrope — specimen 0662

Origin

West Africa
Cote d’Ivoire
Pyrope — specimen 0662, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.21 ct; size: 4.61 | 2.35 | 1.86 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium dark red; strong; clarity: slightly included; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Slightly included specimen; design ‘Octangulum’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Pyrope — specimen 0050

More information from ‘Classification’

Pyrope

In ultramafic rocks, as peridotites, kimberlites, eclogites, serpentinites. Also in amphiboles and biotite schists (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).


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