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Chrysoberyl — specimen 0514, photo © NMNHS
Chrysoberyl — specimen 0514, photo © NMNHS

Chrysoberyl — specimen 0514

Origin

East Africa
Madagascar
Chrysoberyl — specimen 0514, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.24 ct; size: 3.81 | 3.80 | 2.45 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium light yellowish green; strong; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Eight’ by Glenn & Martha Vargas, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Chrysoberyl — specimen 0011Chrysoberyl — specimen 0126Chrysoberyl — specimen 0607Chrysoberyl — specimen 0667Chrysoberyl — specimen 0509Chrysoberyl — specimen 0166

More information from ‘Classification’

Chrysoberyl

Characteristic of some granite pegmatites associated with mica schists or reaction zones in ultramafic rocks (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). The largest faceted specimen is a 245 carat oval from Sri Lanka (Arem, 1987: 67).


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