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Leucite — specimen 0064, photo © NMNHS
Leucite — specimen 0064, photo © NMNHS

Leucitespecimen 0064

Origin

Europe
Italy
Leucite — specimen 0064, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.05 ct; size: 3.12 | 3.12 | 2.33 mm; shape: round; colour: very light yellow; clarity: slightly included; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; mixed style cut.

More information from ‘Classification’


In potassium-rich mafic and ultramafic lavas (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Faceted specimens are extremely rare.