Chrysoberyl — specimen 0667, photo © NMNHS

Chrysoberyl — specimen 0667

Origin

East Africa

Madagascar

Chrysoberyl — specimen 0667, locality map

Data

Weight: 0.21 ct; size: 4.42 | 3.81 | 2.22 mm; shape: hexagon; colour: light yellowish green; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.

Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Hexamixtum S 41-32’ [crown angle changed to 21.00], excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens

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).