Yellow-green clinohumite and yellow chondrodite from Tanzania

Eric A. Fritz, Christopher M. Breeding
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, CA

George R. Rossman
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA

Brendan M. Laurs
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, CA

William B. Simmons, Alesander U. Falster
University of New Orleans, Lousiana

Abstract

The properties of an unusual yellow-green clinohumite from a deposit at Sumbawangs in Tanzania are described.