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Friedelite — specimen 0086, photo © NMNHS
Friedelite — specimen 0086, photo © NMNHS

Friedelitespecimen 0086

Origin

North America
USA, New Jersey, Sussex County, Franklin
Friedelite — specimen 0086, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.35 ct; size: 5.96 | 3.01 | 2.23 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium dark orangey red; strong; clarity: translucent; cut: very good; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; very good step cut style.

More information from ‘Classification’


In metamorphosed Mn-Fe deposits (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Faceted specimens are extremely rare.