Mineral Specimens - page 15
Asia (excl. China) - Australia

TF90V7: Irregular aggregate of translucent and bright prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, a slightly pink color and on matrix. We note that Anglesite, in well developed crystals, is a quite rare species at this locality. The sample is from the Natural History Museum in London, which obtained it from the H.S. Gordon collection from which it passed to the Earl L. Calvert collection. We’ll send the original label from the Mineral Department, British Museum, to the buyer.
Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 11.8 × 8 × 3.8 cm = 4.6” × 3.1” × 1.5”

TA38V7: Aggregates of small short prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite, a lot of them doubly terminated, with grass green color and very bright. They are spread on a matrix of very dark green botryoidal Malachite. From the personal selection of the collectors of this material, whose samples have been individually numbered. The locality is still a classic for Australian Pyromorphite.
Brown's Open Pit, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory  Australia (10/2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

TY70V2: Aggregates of small prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite, a lot of them doubly terminated, with grass green color and very bright. They are spread on a matrix of very dark green botryoidal Malachite. From the personal selection of the collectors of this material, whose samples have been individually numbered. The locality is still a classic for Australian Pyromorphite.
"The Pizza Pocket", Brown's Open Pit, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory  Australia (10/2010)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm = 4.1” × 2.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

TR89V2: Aggregates of microcrystals of Pyromorphite, with grass green color and very bright, that partially drape the matrix of very dark green botryoidal Malachite. From the personal selection of the collectors of this material, whose samples have been individually numbered. The locality is still a classic for Australian Pyromorphite.
"The Golden Pocket", Brown's Open Pit, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory  Australia (11/2010)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 5 × 3.2 cm = 4.1” × 2.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

MJ98S1: Arborescent laminar growth in which some of its crystals have very well defined faces and edges because they are preserved between the main Gold growth and the Quartz matrix.
Ballarat, Victoria  Australia (±1985)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.3” × 0.6” × 0.8”

TQ37V7: Polycrystalline aggregates (“mushroom” shaped) of Elbaite (rubellite) with very well developed curvatures on the faces and edges that confer this curious appearance to the aggregate. The sample is very aerial, with deep color and it is on Quartz matrix, with small bits of Schorl on the back.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 1.1”

TC88V7: Polycrystalline aggregates (“mushroom” shaped) of Elbaite (rubellite) with very well developed curvatures on the faces and edges that confer this curious appearance to the aggregate. The crystals have three very different shades of color: pale pink on the prism faces, of fibrous aspect, and the terminal faces that present two different red tones. The growth of Elbaite is coating a crystal of Schorl as a hood.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 5 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 2.0”

MB14J5: Globular growth, almost botryoidal, uncommon for the species, on Calcite matrix. The color, between red and pink, is enhanced by the magnificent luster.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.4”

TF13E2: Small ‘buttons’ of Elbaite spread across the matrix, with some associated smoky Quartz.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

TG96E2: Brilliant spheres of Elbaite that stand out on the white matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TD96E2: Different from the others because of the color and the fact that it is Fluorescent, which is not the case with the others. The form is also different and the crystals stand out from the matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

TJ27E2: This arborescent Elbaite is even more unusual than the others, as very few were found with this form.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

TB70H5: The crystallization is typical for this locality in Myanmar, shaped as a "mushroom" and with the particularity that shows two different shades of color, more intense near the base. At the base of the sample, and included within the Elbaite, there is a Schorl prism.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.5”

TC27E2: An arborescent Elbaite on Calcite with two colors: pink and deep red. An unusual specimen.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 3.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

TM28E2: This floater has good color and brilliance, and is also very esthetic.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

TP88E2: Very appealing with a lively color. One of the spheres of Elbaite is not complete (but it is re-crystallized) while the others are.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

TC80E6: Large crystal of Spinel in which the octahedral form of the crystal is very visible, although the faces are not flat as there are many sub-faces due to parallel growth. It is a floater, but there is a contact on the rear. The color and brilliance are not bad but the best feature, without doubt, is its size. Really big!
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (1999)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 1.5”

ME67S7: Sharp octahedral crystal, very flattened, completely transparent, bright and with a very intense ruby red color, deep and uniform. It is on a matrix of white Calcite.
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (1999)

Specimen size: 2,9 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

ER7N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent sample of Johachidolite, among the best for this very rare borate. The crystals, with well defined faces and edges and orange color, are on a matrix rich in Sodalite (Hackmanite) and Muscovite.
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (2008)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.2 × 4.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

ED87N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent sample of Johachidolite, among the best for this very rare borate. The crystals, with well defined faces and edges and orange color, are on a matrix of Quartz with Muscovite.
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (2008)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

TF46V4: Doubly terminated crystal, on matrix, with very complex forms. It is bright and transparent and shows a phantom growth in its central zone.
Poona, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 1.3”

MZ14V0: Two groups of Cavansite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, forming a bow on a floater rhombohedral crystal of Calcite, yellow and translucent. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.5” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

MX76V0: Group of very sharp crystals of Cavansite with a very intense color and luster and some of them doubly terminated, with four rhombohedral crystals of Calcite, transparent and with a clear yellow color. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

MM16S7: Very well defined spherical growth of small dipyramidal crystals of Cavansite, on a matrix of basalt coated by crystals of Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.3” × 3.1” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

TB56S9: Centered growths of very thin and elongated, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges and excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with white crystals of Heulandite and Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 1.3”

MK67P9: Growths of very thin, almost acicular, crystals of Pentagonite. The group, of excellent deep color, is implanted on a matrix very rich in Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.1”

ML27S9: Centered growths of very thin and elongated, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges and excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with small crystals of Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.1”

MD97T2: Typical radial aggregate of this find, with crystals formed by the prism and the pinacoid, very bright and with a diffuse color zoning, green at the base and colorless on the termination, with white bow-tie crystals of Stilbite, and on basalt matrix.
Momim Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra  India (04-05/2004)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.6 × 4.4 cm = 4.3” × 3.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

MG9R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of sharp Heulandite crystals, an elongated crystal of Stilbite and white aggregates of Laumontite. (or elongated crystals of Stilbite, no photo)
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.2 × 2.6 cm = 3.5” × 2.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

ME11Q7: Spheroidal aggregate of yellowish acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of crystals of Heulandite partially coated by groups of white Stilbite and with Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6 ×  3.8 cm = 3.3” × 2.4” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”

MF12R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of sharp Heulandite crystals and white aggregates of Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.6” × 3.8” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.3”

TA86R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite with aggregates of Heulandite crystals at the base.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (2009)

Specimen size: 12 × 10.5 × 7.3 cm = 4.7” × 4.1” × 2.9”

MJ46R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of sharp Heulandite crystals, bow tie aggregates of Stilbite and white aggregates of Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 10 × 3.6 cm = 4.4” × 3.9” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.4”

MD10Q7: Spheroidal aggregate of yellowish acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of crystals of Heulandite partially coated by groups of white Stilbite and with Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.2” × 0.9”

MK61R9: A doubly terminated floater crystal, completely transparent, bright, slightly yellowish. Both terminations are excellent.
Karur District, Tamil Nadu  India (2010)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.3” × 0.2”

MD62R9: A doubly terminated floater crystal, completely transparent, bright, slightly yellowish. Both terminations are excellent.
Karur District, Tamil Nadu  India (2010)

Specimen size: 4 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.6” × 0.3” × 0.3”

TR90E4: Two parallel crystal of Spodumene, which are floaters, doubly terminated, have good transparency, are of an unusual greenish yellow color, and have a particular feature: they are associated with and partially covered by small crystals of Fluorapatite, which has good color itself. The upper tips of the Spodumenes are very well defined.
Kunar Valley, Nuristan  Afghanistan (2003)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 4.8” × 1.3” × 1.1”

MD16L7: Doubly terminated Spodumene crystal with very sharp faces that is not so common for the species. Transparency and color are excellent. The matrix with Quartz and Albite makes an attractive display specimen.
Mawi pegmatite, Laghman, Nuristan  Afghanistan (±1990)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 4.2” × 1.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 10.7 × 4 cm = 4.2” × 1.6”

EA86S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of crystals, of pistachio green color, with very simple forms but with a very uncommon habit, the predominance of a very well developed frontal pinacoid that results in the crystal being really smooth. The crystals are bright and deep green, almost black.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta, Balochistan  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.9 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.2”

EF87T2: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Floater group of pistachio green color but with a very unusual habit, pseudo-octahedral, and with a feebly developed frontal pinacoid.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta, Balochistan  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm = 3.8” × 2.5” × 2.5”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.2” × 1.8”

MH66S9: Very sharp crystals of very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, bright and have a slightly pink color, being on a Quartz matrix with leafy aggregates of Muscovite.
Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.8 × 3.9 cm = 1.8” × 1.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

TN54Q7: A complete crystal of Quartz with multiple lower terminations and inclusions of acicular crystals of Astrophyllite plus fine isolated and grouped crystals of Schorl. A sharp translucent tabular crystal of Bastnäsite-(Ce) is esthetically positioned on the Quartz.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 10.8 × 7.8 cm = 4.8” × 4.3” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 9.2 × 8 cm = 3.6” × 3.1”

MB29N6: Cuboctahedral crystal with polycrystalline growths on its faces. It has an abundant variety of internal colors and a residual matrix of Muscovite.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 2.6” × 2.6” × 2.4”

MC85M9: Octahedral crystal with bevels that correspond to the rhombohedron faces. It is transparent, pale pink and it is implanted on a matrix very rich of Muscovite.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.8 × 3.1 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”

ML46M9: Group of crystals formed by an equilibrate growth of the cube and the octahedron that are beveled by the faces of a rhombohedron. The sample has two clearly differentiate coloration, pale green and pale pink.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 1.6”

MG99K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. Group of complex crystals with domains of the faces of the cube and octahedron. The color is magnificent, very deep. The specimen has a small Muscovite matrix.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 2.6” × 2.4” × 1.8”

ME89K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. An octahedral crystal with cube faces. The pink color is deeper on the cube faces. It is on Muscovite matrix with small Schorl crystals.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

EP87K1: Parallel growth of two dipyramidal crystals with flat pinacoidal terminations. Their luster is very good and they are black with bluish reflections. On matrix, with small crystals of Quartz and Albite.
Pashine, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.3” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

EQ96K1: Very acute dipyramidal crystals of Anatase, some of them with flat terminations. Its luster is excellent and they are black with bluish reflections. They are on a matrix with small crystals of Quartz and Albite.
Pashine, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.6 × 2 cm = 2.3” × 2.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TV46J3: A group of prismatic, naturally broken and rehealed, crystals. They have abundant curvatures and crystalline fibrous shaped sutures. Crystals are doubly terminated, with very different terminations. On one of the tips appear well defined and bright rhombohedron faces, on the other it finishes with a flat rough pedion. The quarry from which the sample came is not well known and, probably it has been recently opened.
Chapu Quarry, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 3.5” × 1.2” × 1.3”

MR97T2: Stacked crystals of Beryl (Aquamarine) with simple forms, very bright and having a very intense sky blue color, with zoning stripes with showing slight changes of tones. On Albite matrix with Muscovite.
Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 3.2” × 2.5” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.3” × 0.9”

MG67T2: Crystals of Beryl (Aquamarine), one of them partially doubly terminated, showing the pinacoid and complex dipyramidal forms on both terminations. They are very transparent and bright, with uniform blue color and with inclusions. On Albite matrix, with leafy aggregates of crystallized Muscovite.
Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.4”

MK17E9: The laminar crystals have great color and the Quartz that they sit on is well crystallized.
Pashine, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 3 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

EB37K6: Flattened, doubly terminated crystal of excellent color and luster on a matrix very rich in Quartz crystals. The side of the crystal seems broken but, as the detailed picture shows, it is complete, with echeloned growths that produce this effect.
Kharan Mountains, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

MA78E9: A crystal that stands upright on the matrix of Albite and Quartz. It is laminar, has good color and has well-defined edges.
Pashine, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.5 × 5 cm = 1.5” × 1.4” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

TM47N6: Parallel growth of doubly terminated crystals very different than usual for the locality, resembling Alpine pieces. Thick and neatly transparent, they have a very intense luster and have unidentified inclusions.
Ganesh Himal, Dhading, Bagmati  Nepal (2008)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.5 × 4.7 cm = 4.1” × 2.6” × 1.9”

TX68Q0: Group of crystals of very well defined faces and edges, very clear and of a beautiful blue color, with phantom growths and with groups of leafy crystals of Muscovite.
Kanchanjunga Mt., Taplejung  Nepal (06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.7” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.7” × 0.7”