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Indicolite — specimen 0339, photo © NMNHS
Indicolite — specimen 0339, photo © NMNHS

Indicolitespecimen 0339

Origin

no precise locality [Africa]
Data

Weight: 0.16 ct; size: 3.49 | 3.47 | 2.38 mm; shape: round; colour: medium light very strongly bluish green; slightly greyish; clarity: slightly included; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; good mixed style cut.

Other specimens
Indicolite — specimen 0043Indicolite — specimen 0548Indicolite — specimen 0083Indicolite — specimen 0134Indicolite — specimen 0139Indicolite — specimen 0140Indicolite — specimen 0338Indicolite — 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.