Post-Ste. Marie 2009 Update

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TC27N9: A twin of two crystals, of a good size for the species, of very intense color and luster. At the bottom, the crystal is thiner and elongated giving its shape a very aerial form.
Tancredo, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo  Brazil (1990)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.1” × 0.6” × 0.5”

TB67N9: A bicolor crystal, typical of the locality, with excellent definition of its faces and a perfect, very sharp termination very rich in faces on the upper end, and more fibrous on the lower.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002-2003)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.1” × 0.5” × 0.5”

TQ26N9: Crystal of Calcite, complex and rich in faces, of excellent yellow color, very transparent and bright, on a base of Stibnite crystals with very well defined edges and terminations.
Hechi, Guangxi  China (1999)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

TE57N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with multiple terminations as pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

TH67N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with terminations in pinacoid in some of them and clearly hollow in some others. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

TK87N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with multiple terminations as pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.7”

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

TG87N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with multiple terminations as pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TJ97N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with multiple terminations as pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

TR69N9: Very aerial group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with terminations in pinacoid. Their luster and color, very vivid and uniform, are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2009)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.4” × 1.0” × 0.8”

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

TQ76N9: Group of cube-octahedral crystals, with secondary growth on the faces of the octahedron. They are transparent, very deep blue with color zoning and with small crystals of Calcite.
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.0”

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

TX17N9: Group of cube-octahedral crystals, with polysynthetic growths on the faces of the octahedron. They are transparent, with a very deep lilac zoning.
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 2.3” × 1.6” × 1.4”

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

TT94N9: An excellent example with a Babingtonite crystal, quite large for the species. It has very well defined faces and edges with perfect terminations, and, most importantly, they are very bright. It is on a matrix of green botryoidal Prehnite and small crystals of Quartz. A definitive piece.
Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2006)

Specimen size: 6 × 4 × 4.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.6” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 3.2 ×  2.7 cm = 1.3” × 1.1”

TV10N9: Group of dipyramidal crystals of Scheelite bigger than usual for the locality, with excellent definition of their faces and edges, an intense luster and a clearer color than is usual on the normal Yaogangxian pieces. With Quartz and partially coated by Calcite. Among the best for the locality.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2004)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.3 × 4.9 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.9”

TE27N9: Esthetic group of flattened crystals formed by a dipyramid and the pinacoid. They are bright, with a good transparency and a slight bluish color. The group is on matrix and partially coated by small crystals of Albite.
Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.1” × 0.9”

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”

EC47N9: 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.
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (2008)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 4.1 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 1.6”

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

EP56N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. A floater crystal with deeply striated faces. Its color, luster and transparency are very good.
Khet-chal, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (05/2009)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.9”

EZ86N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. A floater crystal with extraordinarily well defined (for the species) faces and edges. It is very transparent and of excellent luster and color. Really unusual and exceptional.
Khet-chal, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (05/2009)

Specimen size: 3 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.2” × 1.3” × 0.6”

EM96N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. A floater crystal with extraordinarily well defined (for the species) faces and edges. It is very transparent and of excellent luster and color. Really unusual and exceptional.
Khet-chal, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (05/2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.6”

TF51N9: Single Aquamarine crystal with very well defined faces and edges and with a very perfect pinacoidal termination. The transparency, the luster and the color on all its surfaces are excellent. It is on Quartz matrix with Muscovite, Schorl and an undetermined Garnet. So it has both quality and an unusual locality, making it very appealing.
Kanchanjung Region  Nepal (12/2008)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.7 cm = 1.0” × 0.3”