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EG46P2: The sample is formed by two doubly terminated and complete crystals. The smallest has an unusual crystallographic habit. Both crystals are bright and have abundant mobile hydrocarbon inclusions. A magnificent classic of Berbes. This specimen was photographed for the ‘Über Diamanten und Hyazinthen’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 56 of number 5/2012
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca del Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (12/1995)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.73” × 1.30”
Hydrocarbons fluorescent long & short UV
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