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Hessonite — specimen 0210, photo © NMNHS
Hessonite — specimen 0210, photo © NMNHS

Hessonitespecimen 0210

Origin

Central America
Mexico, Baja California
Hessonite — specimen 0210, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.04 ct; size: 6.11 | 5.00 | 3.79 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium orangey red; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; good step cut style. Source: John Bradshaw, Coast to Coast Rare Stones International.

Other specimens
Hessonite — specimen 0659Hessonite — specimen 0639Hessonite — specimen 0642

More information from ‘Classification’


Also known as ‘cinnamon stone’; a golden orange variety of grossular.