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Petschite — specimen 0334, photo © NMNHS
Petschite — specimen 0334, photo © NMNHS

Petschitespecimen 0334

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Petschite — specimen 0334, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.22 ct; size: 5.09 | 3.07 | 2.43 mm; shape: oval; colour: light blue; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; good mixed style cut. Source: Gary Eisenberg, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Other specimens
Petschite — specimen 0081Petschite — specimen 0082Petschite — specimen 0335

More information from ‘Classification’


A variety of marialite-meionite series; a trade name for blue scapolite from Tanzania.