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Indicolite — specimen 0498, photo © NMNHS
Indicolite
—
specimen 0498
Origin
East Africa
Mozambique
Data
Weight:
0.25 ct;
size:
4.14 | 4.11 | 2.44 mm;
shape:
octagon;
colour:
medium dark very strongly greenish blue; very slightly greyish;
clarity:
eye clean;
cut:
excellent;
treatment:
none.
Notes
Very clean specimen; design ‘Eight’ by Glenn & Martha Vargas, excellent cut by Tan Pen.
Other specimens
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Indicolite
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.
Gemmology — gemstones
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