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Indicolite — specimen 0139, photo © NMNHS
Indicolite — specimen 0139, photo © NMNHS

Indicolitespecimen 0139

Origin

no precise locality [Africa]
Data

Weight: 0.19 ct; size: 3.59 | 3.57 | 2.43 mm; shape: round; colour: medium light very strongly bluish green; slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; good mixed style cut. Source: David Weinberg, Multicolour Gems Ltd.

Other specimens
Indicolite — specimen 0043Indicolite — specimen 0548Indicolite — specimen 0083Indicolite — specimen 0134Indicolite — specimen 0140Indicolite — specimen 0338Indicolite — specimen 0339Indicolite — specimen 0732Indicolite — specimen 0105Indicolite — specimen 0329Indicolite — specimen 0330Indicolite — specimen 0498

More information from ‘Classification’


A blue colour variety of some tourmaline species, usually of elbaite. A pure blue is very rare and most indicolite is of teal or blue-green colour.