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Angelite — specimen 0736, photo © NMNHS
Angelite — specimen 0736, photo © NMNHS

Angelite — specimen 0736

Origin

South America
Peru
Angelite — specimen 0736, locality map
Data

Weight: 2.32 ct; size: 9.80 | 5.54 | 4.07 mm; shape: rectangle; colour: medium light very strongly greenish blue; slightly greyish; clarity: opaque; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen; design ‘Rectangulum Cab’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Angelite — specimen 0737

More information from ‘Classification’

Angelite

A variety, trade name for a light blue-grey fine grained anhydrite from Peru.


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