EB7S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. A floater crystal of green pistachio 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.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.5” × 2.5” × 1.1”

EC47S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. A floater crystal of green pistachio 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 specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2011/2
Raywoo Mine, Quetta, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.9 × 4.6 cm = 2.8” × 2.7” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.3”

EM17K1: Very acute dipyramidal crystals, two of them dominant, with excellent luster and a considerable transparency. They are brown, an unusual color for the species, and are on a matrix of small crystals of Albite.
Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 2.3” × 1.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

EP68K1: Parallel growth of four dipyramidal crystals with flat pinacoidal terminations. The crystal is black with bluish reflections. It is on a matrix of Quartz and Albite.

Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

NC67AH1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Very aerial parallel growth, of very sharp Augite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and on matrix with Quartz crystals and mica blades.
Shalman area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Pakistan (04/2017)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.7”

EF27G1: An excellent miniature of this rare species. Crystal is tabular, of very intense color, good clarity and is very aerial on its matrix.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TL39H3: A jewel for an expert. Floater prismatic, doubly terminated crystal with very well defined flat faces of the pinacoid and the triangular faces of the dypyramid. Crystal is very transparent as the picture shows and has a magnificent tanned honey color.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 2 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.3” × 0.2”

TN54Q7: A complete crystal of Quartz with multiple lower terminations and inclusions of acicular crystals of Astrophyllite plus fine isolated and grouped crystals of Aegirine. 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”

EB96G3: A prismatic crystal, doubly terminated, transparent and of a good color. It crosses through a thin matrix of Quartz. Certainly original.
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (04/2005)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.1 × 4.6 cm = 1.9” × 0.8” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.8” × 0.3”

TL96X7: Parallel growths, with a very pronounced curvature, of crystals showing very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations. The crystals are translucent, very bright and have a very deep green color. They are on matrix, with transparent Calcite and white small Albite . It is really a nice and special miniature.
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu  Pakistan

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

TT76H3: An elegant growth of prismatic, transparent crystals of Epidote on a dense group of Diopside crystals enhanced by white Albite crystallizations.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 522 in the volume 37, number 6
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.7” × 1.7” × 1.2”

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

EY47W7: Aggregate on matrix of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations. They are translucent, very bright and have a deep and uniform green color.
Apo Ali Gun, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (2010)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.1” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

TF63J3: Curious prismatic crystal, naturally broken and rehealed in several places, with numerous curvatures and crystalline fibrous shaped sutures. The quarry from which the sample came is not well known and, probably it has been recently opened.
Chhappu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 1.2 × 1.5 cm = 3.0” × 0.5” × 0.6”

TP26F0: Exsolution? Interrupted growth? There is some doubt about how this beautiful, floater Quartz formed. It has irregular crystalline forms with some flat faces, especially the rhombohedra near the tips. Very unusual.
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Baltistan  Pakistan (06/2003)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 2.8” × 1.1” × 1.2”

TR88AB3: Complete doubly terminated Quartz crystal on a white platy Feldspar matrix. It has very well defined left-oriented faces and exhibits Dauphiné twinning. Very esthetic due its aerial position on the Feldspar matrix.
The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘extraLAPIS’ on page 22, number 53, "Zwillinge"
Chhappu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2015)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.3 × 4.7 cm = 3.2” × 2.1” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.1” × 1.7”

TL26: Luster and attractive form, this Ilmenite looks much more esthetic than other specimens of this species. Plus the minor white Albite makes a nice contrast.
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Baltistan  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.8”

MF27K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. Crystals are dipyramidal, have very well defined faces and edges, a considerable size, an attractive yellowish color, an excellent luster and are partially covered by a matrix of small Albite crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2007 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 78, page 37.
Sassi, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (08/2007)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.5” × 1.6” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.4” × 0.9”

EM13N8: Several crystals, one of them clearly dominant, and showing the typical Titanite twinning. They are on matrix, and have excellent luster and a nice green color.
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (±2007)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

VM47G0: Group of flat crystals, with an excellent rich green color and intense brilliance on a matrix of Calcite crystals.
Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan

Specimen size: 7 × 4.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.8” × 1.7” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.2” × 0.7”

TB91: A doubly terminated (although the terminations are not that sharp) powerful Diopside chromium rich. Great color and luster, a floater and complete on all sides.
Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (02/2001)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 2 cm = 2.7” × 0.8”

MF36K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. Excellent miniature with two dipyramidal crystals of very well defined faces and edges and great color, transparency and luster. On Calcite matrix with small crystals of Mica.
Astor valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (2007)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

TM46G0: Two prismatic crystals with a very good definition of forms, in which the terminal faces have a good development, a very unusual feature. At the same time the crystals are aerial, standing out on the matrix.
Astor valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (2000)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 4.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.5” × 0.8”

EL96X0: Very sharp flattened parallel growth of quartz crystals that are transparent, very bright and with a neatly visible "faden" growth that crosses it tip to tip. With minor green inclusions, probably of Chlorite.
Dara Ismael Khan, South Waziristan  Pakistan

Specimen size: 11.6 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 4.6” × 1.3” × 0.9”

TH16H3: The crystal has a good degree of transparency and an excellent color. Faces and edges are more sharp than usual for the samples from the locality. Its position on a little matrix enhances the esthetic effect.
Suppat, Manshera, Kohistan  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.7 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.9”

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

TM89AD5: Single and very aerial crystal of this very uncommon borate. It has very well defined faces and edges and is colorless, translucent and bright and it is on matrix. A Hambergite of exceptional quality.
Chamachu, Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (12/2015)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.7” × 2.0” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.2”

TT96H9: Octahedral crystal of very well defined faces and edges of deep green color. We specially note the esthetic position of the crystal on the Quartz matrix.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.6” × 1.5”

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

MD99K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. A group of octahedral crystal of sharp faces and edges, of deep pink color and on a Muscovite matrix.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 1.3”

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 District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2008)

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

EP69M8: Parallel aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, translucent and white. Excellent sample of this rare species.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2008)

Specimen size: 7 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 2.8” × 1.6” × 1.0”

NB11F7: The crystals of Grossular have not developed completely, but their brilliance and definition are very attractive and the contrast with the white Calcite gives the whole thing a neat esthetic look.
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (1997)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.9” × 1.5”

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

NM47AE9: Botryoidal aggregates, on matrix, with some quite well defined (more than usual for the species) crystal faces and edges. Besides the good luster we note the special quality and intensity of the color, a uniform lemon yellow. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2016)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 0.6”

MJ77AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Botryoidal aggregates, on matrix, of Brucite whose crystals are very well defined for the species. They are bright and have a color between yellow and white depending on the zones. With the Brucite, there are small white crystals that are either Hydromagnesite or Dypingite. When we have the definitive analyses we’ll notify the buyer.
This specimen was published in the magazine "Lapis" number 10/2016, page 9
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (08/2015)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.5 × 3.9 cm = 3.2” × 2.6” × 1.5”

MC68AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Botryoidal aggregates, on matrix, of Brucite whose crystals are very well defined for the species. They are bright and have a color between yellow and white depending on the zones. With the Brucite, there are small white crystals that are either Hydromagnesite or Dypingite. When we have the definitive analyses we’ll notify the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a Munich 2015 new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 105 in the volume 47, number 1
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (08/2015)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7 × 2.9 cm = 3.8” × 2.8” × 1.1”

MM37M0: Really nice Morganite crystal with a considerable size. Some of side faces are partially peppered and covered by small Quartz crystals. Exceptional color especially notable when you contrast the specimen with a white background. A museum specimen.
Mawi pegmatite, Laghman, Nuristan  Afghanistan (±1990)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8 × 4 cm = 4.1” × 3.1” × 1.6”

EZ92Y6: Single crystal with very well defined faces and edges of the trapezohedron and the dodecahedron. It is unusually transparent and on a matrix of crystallized Albite. A magnificent sample of a species difficult to obtain in crystals of such high quality.
Konar Province (Kunar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

EP73T8: An individual crystal of Pollucite of exceptional size, dodecahedral, with very well defined faces and edges, on an Albite matrix with small yellowish green crystals of Elbaite. A sample worthy of any great collection.
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 11.3 × 9 × 9.5 cm = 4.4” × 3.5” × 3.7”

TM68D8: We waited a while before offering Afghanites on our web site. Ones we have seen before were either two expensive, not very esthetic, or a pale color. Finally we were able to locate the examples we were looking for: very esthetic, aerial crystals, intensely colored, perfect, and not too highly priced. A definitive sample, with a large main crystal standing well out from the matrix and accompanied by another small crystal. It all stands out well from the white Calcite matrix.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha, Khash  Afghanistan (2001)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 0.9” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.4”

ME37E9: A prismatic crystal that is a neat pink color, doubly-terminated, a floater, with a complex upper termination that has a rough look due to the recrystallization, and the bottom end has inclined faces. It is very clearly a twin on a plane that is parallel to the front face. There is also some associated Schorl. Really cute.
Konar Province (Kunar)  Afghanistan (2003)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 0.9”

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.
Konar Province (Kunar)  Afghanistan (2003)

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

MB92W5: Isolated crystal of Spodumene (Kunzite variety), on Albite matrix. The faces and edges of the prism are very well defined and the termination of the crystal is typically polycrystalline and rough. The Kunzite is very bright and shows an especially dense and uniform color. We note that samples of Spodumene on matrix are quite unusual.
Konar Province (Kunar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 12.9 × 9.3 × 7.5 cm = 5.1” × 3.7” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 8 × 6 cm = 3.1” × 2.4”

LB10F6: The crystal has excellent color, is quite transparent and has very well- defined faces. A small area in the center where there was a contact does not detract from the attractiveness of this quite large specimen.
From the David Lucas collection (no. 218) and it comes with his label.
Nooristan  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 10.2 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm = 4.0” × 1.5” × 0.6”

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.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph "Afghan Pegmatites" of the Mineralogical Record magazine on page 664 in the volume 48, number 5, September-October 2017
Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province  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”

TP56Z7: Aggregate of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and their pinacoidal termination is very well developed. They are between translucent and transparent, and have a very vivid, intense and uniform color.
Jagdalek Mine, Surobi, Kabul  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 1.5 × 0.8 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.3” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EH49W7: Sharp thick tabular spinel-twinned crystal. It is uniformly translucent, with an intense and uniform red color and it is on a Calcite matrix.
Jagdalek Mine, Surobi, Kabul  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 0.8”

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

ED68F4: Attractive group of numerous, very brilliant crystals that have sharply defined faces on their terminations. These are supported by a matrix of Muscovite and Limonite concretions. It is a floater specimen.
Konar Province (Kunar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.7 × 5.5 cm = 3.0” × 2.2” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EQ87R3: Translucent bright individual crystal of very sharp crystalline forms and a very considerable size. This species, in the subclass of the inosilicates, is rare, especially in crystals of this size and quality.
Kokscha, Kokscha Valley, Badakhshan  Afghanistan (±2004)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.7”

TH97E1: This is an excellent Hackmanite (a variety of Sodalite) with large crystal size, well defined, and magnificent color. It is also well positioned on the Matrix of Winchite, which gives great contrast. As is usual the fluorescence is great. It is a floater.
Kokscha Valley, Badakhshan  Afghanistan (2001)

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

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

DR59I1: The gemmy quality of this miniature is surprising, both for its transparency and its esthetic color. We also note the definition of faces and edges of the prismatic crystal.
Badakhshan  Afghanistan (2004)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.3” × 0.2”

ED98J7: Miniature of excellent quality and very esthetic. It is a parallel growth of three flat prismatic crystals on Quartz matrix. The crystals are very sharp, with a perfect definition of their faces and edges and are bright and translucent.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

MA78E9: A crystal that stands upright on the matrix of Albite and Quartz. It is laminar, has good color and has well-defined edges.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (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”

EM83G4: A piece for a high quality collection. The parallel growth of flat, very big, Brookite crystals, gives the sensation of a unique crystal, of bigger size. The matrix is a group of Quartz crystals, the dominant one doubly terminated.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (05/2005)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3 × 3.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.2” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.1” × 0.9”

TH26F2: Over the length of the prism and perpendicular to it you can see a range of different zones of green. The crystal, which is perfectly terminated by three faces of a rhombohedron, is well placed on the Quartz matrix.
Konar Province (Kunar)  Afghanistan (2003)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.2”

TR56I7: A curious prismatic crystal on matrix. It has a slight bend made when it was growing. The zone of torsion coincides with the change of color from green to red. The crystal is doubly terminated but one of the terminations, pinacoidal, is smooth while the other one is not so clear.
Pech, Nooristan  Afghanistan (2005)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.4” × 0.6”

MR67M5: A novelty from the Munich Show 2008. Out of the velvety terminations of these remarkable Elbaite crystals rise three transparent light green "walls," very much resembling the Mercedes emblem when you look down the length of the crystal. The trigonal symmetry of Tourmaline is evident in this rare display of crystal capriciousness.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Munich 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 13 of number 1/2009.
Chamachu, Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (09/2008)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.9” × 0.9” × 0.7”

MZ47AA8: Very well defined crystals, translucent, bright, with transparent terminations, with a very well defined color zoning and on a matrix of white laminar Albite (cleavelandite variety) crystals.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (05/2014)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.6 × 4.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.8” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.5” × 0.7”

TC16H8: The prismatic crystals, very transparent and of an attractive green color, have their terminations hidden by the crystals of the matrix of Lepidolite, which is very well defined and of a nice color, between pink and mauve.
Nooristan  Afghanistan (2005)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.2”

ET96AD8: Radial aggregates of translucent Elbaite crystals. They have a silky luster and pale green color and are on matrix, with white laminar crystals of an indeterminate mica of the Lepidolite series.
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.4” × 1.1”

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

T89NY: Bi-colored Elbaite with Albite. A lovely apple green color in this red-green bi-colored Elbaite. With a small Albite rosette on the top, making it an even more beautiful specimen.
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (09/00)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.3”

TH2635: Good size, the tip of the crystal is very gemmy and the best delicate green tone. Recrystallized on the base. A superb specimen!
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (2002)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 3.3” × 0.6” × 0.4”

TD16F3: A large prismatic crystal, very gemmy, and with a good mix of especially attractive red tones that show very noticeable zoning. The very sharp rhombohedral faces of the tip show intense brilliance and are especially gemmy. The base is recrystallized. Really esthetic.
Pech, Nooristan  Afghanistan (2004)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 3.3” × 0.7” × 0.6”

MF46AA8: Floater crystal with a considerable length, doubly terminated, with parallel growths in one termination, transparent and showing very well defined color zoning with dominant green, pink and yellowish areas. Near one of the ends there is a small Quartz crystal.
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (05/2014)

Specimen size: 15 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 5.9” × 0.7” × 0.5”

EC99G5: Prismatic crystal is terminated with the three faces, very sharp, of the rhombohedron. Blue color and excellent transparency, which is adequately shown by the picture.
Pech, Nooristan  Afghanistan (2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 2.4” × 0.4” × 0.4”

TB96J8: Prismatic crystal of excellent color and very transparent which is terminated with the faces of the pyramid and the pinacoid. On an Albite matrix.
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.0” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.8” × 0.4”

ER47K1: Crystal formed by the hexagonal prism and the terminal faces of two pyramids and a very small pinacoidal face. Transparency and luster are magnificent and the sample is very esthetic due to its included small crystals of Schorl and to the Albite matrix.
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (03/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 1.9” × 1.8” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.6” × 0.4”

MR96N4: Floater group of doubly terminated crystals of good color, transparency and luster, with growth deformations marked by fibrous zones.
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan  Pakistan (2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.8 × 1.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.5” × 0.5”

MK99AE7: Very aerial Beryl (aquamarine variety) with very well defined faces and edges and excellent terminal pinacoid and pyramid faces. It is very clear, bright, has a uniform greenish-blue color and on an Albite matrix with Schorl and Muscovite crystals.
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2015)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.5” × 0.6”

MV90L1: Doubly terminated crystal incredibly transparent and clear, without noticeable inclusions. No internal fractures that could cast a shadow over transparency. Upper pinacoidal termination is totally clear and transparent. The bottom termination forms a well defined face, but translucent. On an Albite matrix with laminar Muscovite crystals. Very elegant.
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan  Pakistan (2007)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 2.6” × 0.5” × 0.3”

MG92S3: Doubly terminated crystal of Beryl (Aquamarine) with parallel growths and completely transparent areas. It has excellent luster and color, clear and uniform between sky blue and green, on matrix of Albite with associated crystals of Schorl.
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 4.0” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 10.1 × 1.5 cm = 4.0” × 0.6”

MB67L1: Parallel growth of two crystals with multiple and transparent terminations, with a very deep green color. On the Clinozoisite crystals we can see small white Calcite crystals. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu  Pakistan (2007)

Specimen size: 11 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 4.3” × 0.7” × 0.3”

TJ58D1: Bottom recrystallized.
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu  Pakistan (09/2002)

Specimen size: 7 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.8” × 0.9” × 0.5”

EA97G1: An exceptional prismatic crystal on matrix of this species, with Calcite and Byssolite, which one of the ends of the crystal changes to. The compositional difference between Epidote and Clinozoisite is very little. Only by an individual quantitative analysis of percent of Aluminium and Iron can determine the real specie. We will deliver to the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.0” × 1.8” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.6 cm = 2.0” × 1.0”

TB27AD4: Multiple twins of very sharp laminar crystals, transparent and very bright. More beautiful and perfect than usual for samples from this locality.
Nakhlak Mine, 180 m.↓, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 0.7”

TC47AD4: Multiple twins of very sharp laminar crystals, transparent and very bright. More beautiful and perfect than usual for samples from this locality.
Nakhlak Mine, 180 m.↓, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 1.0”

TF88AD4: Multiple twins of very sharp laminar crystals, transparent and very bright. More beautiful and perfect than usual for samples from this locality.
Nakhlak Mine, 180 m.↓, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.3”

EE68AC2: Different and aesthetic. Aggregates of cyclic twins with Cerussite crystals that are laminar and tabular, and are finely bordered by very thin and acute Mimetite microcrystals with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in depth and have proven to be the rare chromium-rich variety. We'll send copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Nakhlak Mine, 200 m.↓, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.4” × 1.4” × 0.9”

EB99AC2: Different and aesthetic. Aggregates of cyclic twins with Cerussite crystals that are laminar and tabular, and are finely bordered by very thin and acute Mimetite microcrystals with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in depth and have proven to be the rare chromium-rich variety. We'll send copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Nakhlak Mine, 200 m.↓, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 1.1”

EF50AC8: Different and aesthetic. Aggregates of cyclic twins with Cerussite crystals that are laminar and tabular, and are finely bordered by very thin and acute Mimetite microcrystals with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in depth and have proven to be the rare chromium-rich variety. We'll send copy of the analysis to the buyer.
This sample has been photographed and published as a novelty in Ste. Marie 2015 in the magazine Le Règne Minéral number 126, page 47
Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 2.8 cm = 2.0” × 2.0” × 1.1”

EJ89AC2: Different and aesthetic. Aggregates of cyclic twins with Cerussite crystals that are laminar and tabular, and are finely bordered by very thin and acute Mimetite microcrystals with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed in depth and have proven to be the rare chromium-rich variety. We'll send copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Nakhlak Mine, 200 m.↓, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.6” × 1.5” × 1.3”

MG57AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Arborescent growths of Willemite crystal pseudomorphous after Descloizite that, as a novelty, have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

ME62AD3: Very aerial aggregate, with a small matrix, of very sharp platy crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They are translucent, very bright and have an extraordinarily vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.4” × 0.1”

MW13AD3: Aggregate of very sharp platy crystals, translucent, very bright and have an extraordinarily vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.4” × 0.2”

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

MF62AD3: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of very sharp platy crystals, translucent, very bright and have an extraordinarily vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

MX62AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Aggregate of very sharp and aerial tabular crystals. They are translucent, very bright and have an extraordinarily vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.5” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1.1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

MT62AD3: Very aerial aggregate, with a small matrix, of very sharp platy crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They are translucent, very bright and have an extraordinarily vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.6” × 0.6” × 0.2”

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

EF98AC6: Andradite (demantoid variety) crystals on matrix, two of them clearly dominant, with the forms of the trapezohedron, dodecahedron and cube. They are bright and have a very intense and deep green color.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran (04-05/2015)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TT27AD9: Andradite (demantoid variety) crystals that are distinctly isolated, one of them clearly dominant. They display very well defined trapezohedral and dodecahedral forms and they are bright and have a very intense and deep green color.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TR87AD5: Andradite (demantoid variety) crystals, showing the trapezohedron and dodecahedron. They are bright, have a very intense and deep green color and are on matrix.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.1” × 1.1” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TX92AD5: Andradite (demantoid variety) crystals, one of them clearly dominant and with a considerable sizefor this locality, showing the trapezohedron and dodecahedron. They are bright, have a very intense and deep green color and are on matrix.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

EC16AF5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. A group, on a rocky matrix, of bright trapezohedral crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and a very intense and uniform red color.
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province  Iran (2017)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

EA66AF5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. A single trapezohedral crystal on a rocky matrix that is translucent, very bright and has very well defined faces and edges. The color, orange-red, is selectively distributed over some of it’s faces.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2017 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 136, page 46
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province  Iran (2017)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

JA12J0: Arborescent growth of small crystals, bright and quite defined. It is from a not well known locality and it is quite esthetic.
The specimen is from the Jan Buma collection (num. 980204) and we’ll send the card of the collection with it.
Boddington, Mt Saddleback, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.2” × 2.1” × 1.1”

NA97AA6: Sprays of lustrous, translucent white, acicular Scholzite crystals on limonite matrix. An excellent specimen of this rare zinc phosphate from the locality that has furnished the best specimens of the species, currently very difficult to obtain. As the pedigree enhances the specimen’s value, we will send the original A. L. McGuinness label to the buyer.
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Finders Rangers, South Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.1” × 1.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.8” × 0.0”

LE90H5: The sample is from a locality not well known by collectors. It is of great quality. Crystals are flattened prisms of very sharp faces and edges especially enhancing its blue color, an extraordinary luster and a delicate transparency.
It is from the David Lucas collection and we’ll furnish the corresponding label to the buyer.
Mineral Hill Mine, Condobolin, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6 × 5.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.4” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

TA14N6: Crowded growth of Malachite crystals pseudomorphous after Azurite with minor Limonite fragments. The piece is from an Australian locality that is very rarely represented in worldwide collections.
Sir Dominic Mine, Yudnamutana  Australia (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

M98R: Just look at the color! It looks like someone has lit a fire inside this infrequent mineral. It is also of interest as it comes from a very famous mine: Broken Hill, which is the best locality known for this mineral species.

Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 6 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

EA26Y2: Two generations of Smithsonite on a Galena matrix. They have two very different characteristics, one of them forms globular aggregates of bright and slightly yellow microcrystals. The second generation consists of very sharp, acute, scalenohedral crystals that are transparent, white and with very well defined faces and edges. An excellent Australian classic.
Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.3” × 1.7” × 1.4”

N95C: With a nice old time label from the collection of the German Geologist Thomas Krassman and with its nice yellow color - this all means that the nice form of the mineral really makes it stand out.
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daley Shire, Northern Territory  Australia

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.2”

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.
Brown's Open Pit, "the golden pocket", Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, 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”

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.
Brown's Open Pit, "the pizza pocket", Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, 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”

TA16D5: Typical pack of crystalline Bismuth, very rich and with great luster, in fact much better than usual making the specimen very esthetic.
Biggenden, Queensland  Australia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 1.1”

CT97E4: A complete spray of Molybdenite that is in matrix! It come from the locality that has the reputation of producing the best, large, well formed ones found in the world. So this, very technical specimen, is a special beauty.
Wolfram camp, Dimbulah, Queensland  Australia

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4 cm = 2.5” × 1.6”

MT46S3: Doubly terminated crystals on matrix, extraordinarily bright, transparent and with inclusions and color zoning, especially deep and intense.
Mooralla, Cavendish, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.4” × 1.1”

TG96Z2: Very flattened complete nodule whose contour remembers a medallion, a shape typical of the locality, with rosette growths, intense color and on matrix
Malbunka copper Mine, Western Aranda, Ltalaltuma,   Australia (2013)

Specimen size: 9 × 9 × 3.2 cm = 3.5” × 3.5” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 6 cm = 2.4” × 2.4”

TR37W1: Very flattened complete nodule whose contour remembers a medallion. It has a vivid blue color and is on matrix. The sample is more solid than usual in this kind of sample due to the richness of the Azurite.
Malbunka copper Mine, Western Aranda, Ltalaltuma,   Australia (2011)

Specimen size: 9.9 × 9.5 × 2.3 cm = 3.9” × 3.7” × 0.9”

TL69L1: Arborescent and laminar Gold growth, microcrystalline. On a Quartz matrix that gives the specimen an excellent contrast, really esthetic. Yellow gold color is very intense. Good quality sample for the locality.
Edwards Pit, "Golden Mile", Kalgoorlie-Boulder  Australia (07/2007)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.7”

TB90L1: Arborescent and laminar Gold growth, crystalline, very aerial. On a Quartz matrix that gives the specimen an excellent contrast, really esthetic. Yellow gold color is very intense. Good quality sample for the locality.
Edwards Pit, Golden Miles Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder  Australia (07/2007)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 1.1”

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”

MH11S1: Arborescent growth with a very elongated crystal that has quite good terminal faces and is on a small matrix of Quartz.
Ballarat, Victoria  Australia (±1985)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 1.4” × 0.7” × 0.4”

HB49K8: Groups of laminated Gold crystals on matrix with small crystals and growths of gold telluride. Although these have not been analysed, due the origin and the similarities with other specimens from this locality, we believe that these are Coloradoite.
Golden Miles Mines, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.2” × 1.0”

MF14K9: Exfoliation growths of this very rare gold telluride, that rarely crystallizes. Moreover, growth is dominated by its brilliance on the dark matrix. We’ll give copy of the results of the analysis to the buyer.
Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3 × 1.4 cm = 2.0” × 1.2” × 0.6”

FK27N4: Group of thin crystals of excellent color and luster, some of them with good terminations and on Limonite matrix. Some pictures of the sample are on different pages of the sheet 378 (March 2009) of the French magazine "Mineraux et Fossiles", in an article about Crocoite.
Adelaida Mine, Dundas, Tasmania  Australia (±1974)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 3.4” × 2.2” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.1”

TM8H9: The crystals on a Quartz matrix are very defined, which is really rare for this native element. Even with its small size the sample is notable because it is a very, very rare species and its excellent crystallization. Chemical analysis revealed that the mineral is pure native Tellurium.
We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.
Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu  Fiji (2005)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.3” × 0.1”

TT36H4: A single word defines this specimen: fantastic. It has an extraordinary crystallization, probably the best known for the species. The crystals are well developed, sharp and bright, and exceptional size. Chemical analysis revealed that the mineral is pure native Tellurium. We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer. We must also note the locality, unknown until now by most mineralogists.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 301 in the volume 39, number 4.
Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu  Fiji (2005)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 8 × 3.2 cm = 2.9” × 3.1” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.1”

MB62H1: It’s an attractive and unusual looking group of mostly doubly terminated crystals formed by a prism and a dipyramid. The main one in the center of the specimen is striking for its size and its centered position, very esthetic, on the piece. All are very bright.
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India (03/2005)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.7” × 0.5”

MB16D4: Huge, perfect, doubly terminated Fluorapophyllite-(K) adorned by Stilbite crystals. Pretty!
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.6” × 1.5” × 1.4”

TA16F6: The quality of this one cannot be denied, but one must note the aerial position of the group of sharp Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals and the green zoning of their interiors. They are on a matrix that is coated by Stilbite crystals.
Momim Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra  India (04/2004)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.7 × 5 cm = 3.9” × 2.6” × 2.0”

TH63J0: Esthetic radial group of prismatic crystals, clear on their external part and with visible green phantom growths in them. The group is centered on a matrix of white, slightly yellowish, crystals of Stilbite.
Momim Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 10.5 × 4.8 cm = 4.1” × 4.1” × 1.9”

MA67Z3: Bow tie-like aggregate of white Stilbite-(Ca) crystals. They are complete, very bright and are on a basalt matrix, with small Heulandite-Ca crystals and green Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals. Even being a very common species, the quality of the sample is very notable. The piece is from the Joan Abella collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Pashan Hills, Pune District, Maharashtra  India (±1985)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7 × 5.4 cm = 3.7” × 2.8” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.6” × 1.7”

MQ90E6: A Museum quality Stilbite. It has large crystals, many of which are doubly terminated, and have good color and brilliance. A floater specimen that is, in my opinion, superb.
Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 17.5 × 9.5 × 4.5 cm = 6.9” × 3.7” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.0”

LF76F2: The groups in the form of very aerial white bands stand out on the slightly orange crystals of Heulandite-Ca. From the David Lucas collection, number 832, and we will give the buyer his label.
Vaijapur, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 16 × 15 × 5 cm = 6.3” × 5.9” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.0” × 0.5”

MB46S9: Groups of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, of an unusually intense pink color, with globular growths of white acicular crystals of Scolecite and on a basaltic matrix.
Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India (±2002)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.5 × 3.4 cm = 3.3” × 3.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

ML14D4: Doubly terminated crystal aerial on its white matrix and the characteristic transparency, intense color, and great luster typical of this find.
Vaijapur, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (07/03)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.0”

MD60D4: Huge fan at the top of the specimen on other doubly terminated crystals with minor white matrix and the characteristic transparency, intense color, and great luster typical of this find.
Vaijapur, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (07/03)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5 × 2.2 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

MC14P8: A novelty from Munich 2009. Yellowish globular growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a Heulandite-Ca matrix and with (analyzed) Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.6” × 1.3”

MJ26P5: A novelty of Munich 2009. Yellowish globular growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of Heulandite-Ca and with Laumontite (analyzed).
Kannad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.6” × 2.1” × 1.3”

ED36P5: Globular aggregate of white acicular crystals of Mesolite with growths of Stilbite-Ca crystals and on a matrix of basalt.
Kannad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 13 × 10.5 × 7 cm = 5.1” × 4.1” × 2.8”

EB26P4: Radial sprays of white acicular crystals on Stilbite matrix. The sample is from a locality not well known until recently. The specimen has been carefully analyzed in order to confirm the species. With the sample we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Kannad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 10.3 × 7.5 cm = 4.6” × 4.1” × 3.0”

MJ36E6: A larger, redder than usual crystal of Stilbite that has a crown of very white crystals of Mordenite on top of it. While Mordenite is normally not that appealing, in this sample it is of good quality and, being so aerial, makes for a neat specimen.
Shakur Quarry, Nasik, Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 3.0” × 1.6” × 1.4”

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

TK63G9: The piece shows spheroidal growths formed by radial crystals of Thomsonite that can be seen on its edges. We must especially emphasize the reddish color, very uncommon, due to the presence of iron oxides.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 25 in number 2006/2.
Shendurni, Jalgaon, Maharashtra  India (09/2005)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 2 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 0.8”

TQ26L1: Well defined Thompsonite spheroidal growths, pinkish color, with crown growths of small acicular and bright Scolecite crystals. Very pleasant and esthetic specimen on matrix.
Shendurni, Jalgaon, Maharashtra  India (10/2006)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.4 × 2 cm = 3.6” × 2.9” × 0.8”

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

TA36F6: The main, rhombohedral, very luminous, crystal has a notable penetration twin. It has strategically positioned itself next to pink Stilbite and on a matrix on Quartz Chalcedony.
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6 × 6 cm = 2.6” × 2.4” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.3” × 1.3”

MA86P6: A novelty in Munich 2009. Clear green crystals, very transparent and bright, with the prism more elongated than usual and with groups of white crystals of Stilbite and on matrix. From a locality near Pune District not well known until recently.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 in number 2010/1
Hadapsar, Pune District, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.7 × 4 cm = 3.3” × 3.0” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

TT63H6: Fluorapophyllite-(K) forms attractive spheroidal groups of uniform deep green color due to the high quantity of Celadonite inclusions that it contains. The sample is very esthetic thanks to its contrast with the clearer matrix of small Calcite crystals.
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India (2005)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.6 × 3.2 cm = 3.3” × 2.6” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 1.7” × 1.6”

TY37D8: Celadonite is a massive unattractive mineral. The only time one can get good specimens of this species is when it is included in Indian Zeolites, giving them a characteristic green color. In this case it is included in Heulandite-Ca that has more brilliance than is normal, is a floater, has two doubly terminated crystals, and is associated with small balls of white Okenite. Rare and beautiful.
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India (12/02)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm = 3.3” × 1.8” × 1.8”

ED17G3: The specimen is really aesthetic. Cavansite crystallizes as numerous spherical groups, and as some single sprays of crystals, of a very vivid and deep color. We must mention the presence of a crystal of Calcite, very aerial, on the Cavansite.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (2005)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.8 × 5 cm = 2.4” × 2.3” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

MQ12S7: Groups of very bright blue acicular crystals on doubly terminated crystals of white Stilbite on basaltic matrix.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 7 × 5.9 × 6.2 cm = 2.8” × 2.3” × 2.4”

MY27V0: Floater spheroidal aggregate of Cavansite crystals with a very intense color and luster, with four very acute rhombohedral crystals of Calcite that are transparent, with vivid yellow color. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (2008)

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

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

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, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), 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”

MN86P8: Centered growths of very thin and elongated, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges, excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with white crystals of Stilbite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
A photograph of this specimen is on the front cover of book "Earth Science" (4th edition) published by BJU.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 3.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 1.5”

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, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), 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”

MM6P8: Very acute and aerial growth of elongated and flattened crystals with very well defined faces and edges, excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with white crystals of Stilbite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.3”

MP96P8: Centered growths of very thin and elongated, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges, excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with white crystals of Stilbite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 0.9”

TV62H8: A nice miniature, very esthetic, forms a crown of crystals of excellent transparency, luster and color typical of the samples of this locality. The crown of violet crystals strongly contrasts with a central nucleus of clearer crystals practically uncolored.
Kakamunurle Quarry, Tamil Nadu  India (2005)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.6”

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

TV12M5: This group of cubic crystals of Fluorite is especially notable for the locality. Crystals are sharp, with very well defined faces and edges and clearly show very marked planes of exfoliation.
Kadipani Mine, Gujarat  India

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.3 × 4 cm = 3.3” × 2.5” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.1”

MC6R5: A novelty in Munich 2010. A doubly terminated single crystal with very uniform transparency and color, pale yellow, showing fine vertical striations and an excellent termination with slightly curved faces and edges.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2010 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 96, page 39 and the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 51 in number 2011/1
Karur District, Tamil Nadu  India (2010)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.9” × 0.3” × 0.3”

TG36H3: Probably one of the best samples found at this new locality in India. A floater parallel growth of prismatic doubly terminated crystals, transparent and of an excellent color and luster. One of the terminations has the same color as the prism but the other is deep blue, easily visible under an intense light. An especially good sample from a new locality unknown up to now.
Ladhak, Himalaya, Kashmir  India (09/2005)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 3.4” × 1.3” × 0.8”

TV68E0: A large specimen with a very large spherical Fluorite (in fact one of the largest we have seen.) It also has a pleasant cream color along with good development of the sphere, which stand proud of the matrix. There is also a bit of brown Calcite at the base of the specimen.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 299 in the volume 83, number 4.
Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 11 × 8.5 × 4 cm = 4.3” × 3.3” × 1.6”

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

TB36D8: Balls of red Fluorite partially covered by Opal, which also covers much of the Quartz matrix and in some areas forms bumps. Very unusual.
Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 5.2 × 1.5 cm = 3.9” × 2.0” × 0.6”

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

EF21C9: The most esthetic one, with the sharp Henmilite crystal standing up in one small pocket created on the mamiliary Calcite.
Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island  Japan (2003)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.7” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.45 cm = 0.2”

TZ97L5: Nice specimen from the type locality of this rare calcium copper borate. Henmilite shows well defined faces and edges with a deep blue color that contrasts with the white Calcite matrix. Actually the access to the Fuka mine is strictly prohibited and controlled.
The specimen is accompanied by the label from the collection of the first specimen’s discoverer, with the handwritten notation of the date on which this specimen was extracted (February 2004). We will send the label to the buyer with this fine Henmilite.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 57 in the volume 91, number 1, Jan/Feb 2016
Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island  Japan (14/02/2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

TA69K4: Very esthetic specimen of the scarce Mimetite from Thailand. The crystals are very well defined and formed of the prism and pinacoid. Transparency, color and luster are very, very intense and contrast with the dark matrix.
Guatomo (Hat Yai) Mine, Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province  Thailand

Specimen size: 13.2 × 11.7 × 2.7 cm = 5.2” × 4.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

MG46AA9: Aggregates and single Mimetite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a Quartz matrix. From a locality that has not produced good samples for years.
This sample has been noted and photographed in the Mineralogical Record magazine (November-December 2017, pg. 739)
Guatomo (Hat Yai) Mine, Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province  Thailand

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 0.9”

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

VC99Y5: Parallel growth of two very sharp dipyramidal Scheelite crystals, more translucent and with a clearer color than usual on the samples from Korea, and with the habitual paragenesis of the mine: Quartz, Ferberite, Pyrite, Muscovite.
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo  South Korea

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.2” × 1.0”

DQ10Q8: A curious “gavel” floater growth that is rarely complete, as in this case. It is translucent and has a neat zoning of the color, violet on the terminations and yellowish in the central zone.
Momeik, Mogok, Mandalay  Burma

Specimen size: 2.4 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.3” × 0.3”

TT61H2: The Elbaite forms nice honey colored crystals, which have nearly coloredless terminations, simply slightly pink, and protected by Quartz crystals. The locality is very unusual.
On-dan, Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin, Mandalay  Burma (2003)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.6 × 4.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.4” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

ML76P5: A crystal with very well defined faces and edges and an excellent flattened rhombohedron termination. It has color zoning, dark greenish on the base and neatly pink in most of the rest of the crystal. On matrix, with Quartz crystals, Albite and an indeterminate feldspar, probably Orthoclase. We note the locality, where Rubellite of this quality is not common.
Mogok, Sagaing, Mandalay  Burma (2009)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.3 × 4.4 cm = 2.3” × 1.7” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

TH27J8: A new find in Myanmar. A prismatic crystal, very well defined and of excellent color, very uniform and with slight zonations on the termination where appear, very nicely, the forms of the pinacoid and the rhombohedron. Its base is recrystallized.
Mogok, Mandalay  Burma (2007)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.4” × 0.6” × 0.6”

TG80AB3: Two twinned, very sharp, colorless and completely clear Phenakite crystals, with perfect terminations, on an Albite matrix and with a small Schorl crystal. Very esthetic.
Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Burma (2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.6 × 3.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

TW87AB3: Twinned, very sharp, colorless and completely clear Phenakite crystals, with perfect terminations and on a smoky Quartz matrix coated by slightly blue Albite crystals and small Schorl crystals.
Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Burma (2007)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.6 × 2.7 cm = 3.1” × 2.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

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  Burma (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  Burma (05/2009)

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

TL17G9: Painite is surely the most important mineralogical discovery of 2006. It is a very, very rare species and, in the past, only few pieces had been found. Recent finds in Myanmar gave some few more pieces.
In the case of this sample, we must add to its rarity the extremely unusual fact that Painite is on matrix and, more, it’s with small Corundum (variety ruby) crystals. Furthermore, as detailed picture shows, its upper part is well finished. Then, considering its size, that it’s on matrix, that the piece is undamaged, its termination and the accompanying Corundum we can say it’s really an exceptional piece.
Kyauk-Pyat-Thet, Mogok  Burma (05/2005)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 2.2” × 0.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.7” × 0.6”

EQ64P3: Parallel growths of crystals that are very big and well defined for the species. They have very good color and luster, and they are with Corundum (variety ruby) on matrix. Only a few specimens of this very rare species appeared and there were no further finds so we consider it exceptional.
Hinthar Hill, Wetloo, Mogok, Mandalay  Burma (2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

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 Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division  Burma (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”

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 Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division  Burma (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”

MD96D8: The Myanmar Spinels are well known for their quality, color and transparency. We buy quite a few and from time to time we come across the rare cases where the Spinel is a twin. This is the case here, but this time the twin is more complex (crystallographically speaking) than the other ones we see. Unusual.
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division  Burma (2003)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.2” × 0.3”

TP89E9: The Spinel crystal has a very flat look as one of the faces of the octahedron has grown far more than the others. This form, as well as the contrast of the red crystal with the white matrix, is probably the most notable thing about it. To this one can add the small flat Clinohumite on one of the upper faces of the Spinel crystal. In UV light the Spinel stands out even more as it is intensely fluorescent yellow.
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division  Burma (1999)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

MM52D7: A good size crystal of Spinel, really red, absolutely perfect, and set well apart from the matrix of white Calcite. Everything is good = a great specimen.
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division  Burma (2003)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

MM17F2: Three octahedral crystals, which are a perfect red and which stand out from the white Calcite matrix.
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division  Burma (2003)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.8” × 1.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

EC70Y5: Very sharp octahedral crystal, on white Calcite matrix, with a flattened growth that produced a large octahedral face, far more developed than the other faces. In addition to its notable luster and degree of transparency, we especially note the color, very vivid and deep.
Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division  Burma

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.0” × 1.8” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

MH96E8: An octahedral crystal, of good size, that is notable for its unusual color. At the same time the amount of the crystal that stands out from the marble matrix is significant and the crystal form is sharp with perfect faces and tips. Its brilliance adds that final touch. The small internal fracture near the tip, which you can only see given its transparency, does not detract from its high quality.
Oakssaung hill, Mogok, Mandalay  Burma (2003)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 3.2 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 1.3”

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

TG89Z7: Parallel growths of octahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, very bright and with a luminous sky blue color. This shade is one of the less common for the species.
Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin, Mandalay  Burma (2014)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 2.0” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

MD37F5: Two different minerals in the same specimen: orange Norbergite stands on white Calcite and at the other end there is a red (in fact slightly purple) octahedral Spinel. Good color contrast in this neat specimen.
Oakssaung Hill, Mogok, Mandalay  Burma (2003)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.4 × 4.3 cm = 3.7” × 3.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

TM28E2: This floater has good color and brilliance, and is also very esthetic.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Burma (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”

TD86E2: A stronger raspberry color than the others and the matrix is Quartz, not Calcite.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Burma (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TL50E2: In my opinion this is the best small sample from the find. The sphere is large and has lots of color and brilliance. It is also well placed on the matrix of Calcite with some Quartz at the base. To add to that there is a small black Schorl crystal.
A great one: this specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at St Marie 2004’ section of the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’ and appears on page 35 of number 331. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Burma (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.1” × 0.9”

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 District, Bagmati Zone  Nepal (2008)

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

TL13AB3: Very Sharp crystal on matrix, very rich in Chlorite inclusions and with a completely transparent and colorless termination.
Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Bagmati Zone  Nepal (2014)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.3 × 1.7 cm = 3.0” × 2.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 1.2 cm = 2.2” × 0.5”