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Bloodstone — specimen 0745, photo © NMNHS
Bloodstone — specimen 0745, photo © NMNHS

Bloodstone — specimen 0745

Origin

East Africa
Madagascar
Bloodstone — specimen 0745, locality map
Data

Weight: 2.04 ct; size: 9.98 | 6.31 | 3.82 mm; shape: rectangle; colour: dark green; clarity: opaque; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; design ‘Rectangulum Cab’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Bloodstone — specimen 0743

More information from ‘Classification’

Bloodstone

Dark green chalcedony with small red blood-like spots. Also called heliotrope.


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