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Verdelite — specimen 0628, photo © NMNHS
Verdelite — specimen 0628, photo © NMNHS

Verdelitespecimen 0628

Origin

East Africa
Mozambique
Verdelite — specimen 0628, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.28 ct; size: 13.92 | 4.14 | 2.93 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium dark very slightly bluish green; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Octaelongatis 1’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Verdelite — specimen 0532Verdelite — specimen 0328Verdelite — specimen 0535Verdelite — specimen 0494Verdelite — specimen 0396Verdelite — specimen 0069Verdelite — specimen 0154Verdelite — specimen 0395

More information from ‘Classification’


A green variety of tourmaline (primarily elbaite).