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Hyacinth — specimen 0631, photo © NMNHS
Hyacinth — specimen 0631, photo © NMNHS

Hyacinth — specimen 0631

Origin

East Africa
no precise locality
Hyacinth — specimen 0631, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.41 ct; size: 4.94 | 4.08 | 2.83 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium reddish orange; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Ovalimixtum ST’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Hyacinth — specimen 0508Hyacinth — specimen 0516Hyacinth — specimen 0177Hyacinth — specimen 0056Hyacinth — specimen 0221Hyacinth — specimen 0009Hyacinth — specimen 0578Hyacinth — specimen 0051Hyacinth — specimen 0488

More information from ‘Classification’

Hyacinth

Yellow-red to red-brown variety of zircon.


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