Hambergite — specimen 0487, photo © NMNHS

Hambergite — specimen 0487

Origin

Southeast Asia

Myanmar

Hambergite — specimen 0487, locality map

Data

Weight: 0.28 ct; size: 8.34 | 2.59 | 1.87 mm; shape: rectangle; colour: colourless; clarity: eye clean; cut: very good; treatment: none.

Notes

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

Other specimens

More information from ‘Classification’

Hambergite

An uncommon accessory mineral in granite pegmatites (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Faceted specimens are very rare. The largest faceted stone is a 40.2 carat (Arem, 1987: 109).