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What is clinohumite?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Clinohumite is a fiery orange gemstone. If forced to compare clinohumite to another gemstone, it is visually probably closest to the best Fanta orange soda colored spessartite or hessonite though they are no gemological relatives. These gems are extremely rare in any size. The biggest gem quality clinohumite ever cut was 36 carat

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