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Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0196, photo © NMNHS
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0196, photo © NMNHS

Marialite-meionite seriesspecimen 0196

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0196, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.47 ct; size: 10.16 | 5.57 | 3.20 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium light orangey yellow; strong; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; radiant style cut with large window.

Other specimens
Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0097Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0195Marialite-meionite series — specimen 0255

More information from ‘Classification’


A series between marialite and meionite. Commonly used name is scapolite.