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Grandidierite

Widely published:

Illustrated in Thomas P. Moore’s Report on the Munich Show of October 2019 at p.380 of Volume 51 of The Mineralogical Record

Front cover of the November/December 2019 issue of Mineralien Welt

P.85 of Volume 26/2021, number 1, of the Russian magazine Mineral Observer

P.375 of ‘Minéraux Le Guide des Passionés’ Julien Lebocey 2019

What’s Hot in Munich 2019 video (between 56 min 47 sec and 58 min 14 sec)

The piece, together with what must be one of the largest, if not the largest, cut grandidierite stones in existence (9.3 carats), was posted on 18 April 2019 on The Gemmological Association of Great Britain website at https://gem-a.com/rare-gemstones/ with a photo by Jeff Scovil

The same photo also appears at:

https://nationaljeweler.com/articles/957-5-things-to-know-about-grandidierite

https://geologyscience.com/gemstone/grandidierite/ (with a separate photo of the piece at the top of the article). (This website also posted the piece to provide an example of grandidierite as among the “Rarest and Most Expensive Minerals”)

https://geologyscience.com/gallery/geologic-lists/the-rarest-and-most-expensive-minerals/

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2mm-To-16mm-Square-Cut-Natural_10000002975476.html


Photos by László Kupi

Product details
SizeThumbnail
Dimensions1.1 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Added on10/21/2025
Known provenance
Unknown dateNot disclosed
Collectors of Grandidierite from Tranomaro-Maromby area
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