Coesite crystal with inclusion of omphacite (colored) from sample SRV-1 coesite eclogite from Roberts Victor kimberlite , South Africa (Smyth and Hatton, 1977).
The polycrystalline rim is partial inversion to quartz,
The crystal is approximately 1 mm across.
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