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Diamond (0.66 carat cuttable pale-yellow complex rough diamond) from Orapa Mine, south of the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 72567
Mineral:	Diamond (0.66 carat cuttable pale-yellow complex rough diamond)
Locality:	Orapa Mine, south of the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
Description:	Dodecahedral transparent cuttable yellow natural rough diamond with lustrous crystal faces that give it excellent natural sparkle. The diamond crystal has unusual slotted voids on the bottom where it intersected a bladed mineral that dissolved away. Fluoresces bright white under 365 nm LW UV illumination and phosphoresces orange when extinguished
Overall Size:	5x4.5x3.5 mm
Crystals:	5 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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