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Spessartine — specimen 0652, photo © NMNHS
Spessartine — specimen 0652, photo © NMNHS

Spessartinespecimen 0652

Origin

Southern Africa
Namibia
Spessartine — specimen 0652, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.64 ct; size: 4.85 | 4.83 | 3.39 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium orangey red; strong; clarity: slightly included; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Slightly included specimen; design ‘Petal’ by Glenn & Martha Vargas, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Spessartine — specimen 0156Spessartine — specimen 0049Spessartine — specimen 0098Spessartine — specimen 0450Spessartine — specimen 0633Spessartine — specimen 0441

More information from ‘Classification’


Common in granite pegmatites, granites, and rhyolites. Formed in some skarns and metasomatic manganese-rich rocks adjacent to igneous intrusions or in regionally metasomatised areas (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).