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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM

Beryl

Beryl (variety aquamarine)
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Beryl (variety aquamarine).
 

MQ46AM6: Beryl crystal (aquamarine variety) with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, extraordinarily transparent and lustrous, with a pale sky-blue color. Its interior houses a curious cross-shaped crystalline inclusion for which we cannot determine the mineral species. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.1 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.83” × 0.20” × 0.12”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with inclusions, Schorl and Albite
 

MB48AJ1: Beryl crystal (aquamarine variety) very rich with terminal faces, transparent, bright, with inclusions, with a uniform greenish blue color and on matrix with Albite, Schorl and leafy aggregates of Muscovite crystals.
Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.65” × 0.55” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.65” × 0.55”

Feldspar fluorescent short UV
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with inclusions, Schorl and Albite. Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with inclusions, Schorl and Albite. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with inclusions, Schorl and Albite. Side
Side
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite. Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite. Top
Top
 

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, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.5 × 2.9 cm = 1.85” × 0.98” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.77” × 0.43”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with feldspar and Schorl
 

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, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (03/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.81” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.61” × 0.43”

Feldspar low fluorescence long & short UV
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with feldspar and Schorl. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with feldspar and Schorl. Top
Top
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Feldspar, Mica and Schorl
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Feldspar, Mica and Schorl. Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Feldspar, Mica and Schorl. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Feldspar, Mica and Schorl. Top
Top
 

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, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2015)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.17” × 1.73” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.46” × 0.59”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz
 

MZ7AF0: Complete Beryl crystal (aquamarine variety), partially doubly terminated, clear and bright with a pale blue color and on a Quartz matrix, with Muscovite.
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (06/2016)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 2.48” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.93” × 0.43”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz. Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Muscovite
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Muscovite. Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Muscovite. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Muscovite. Top
Top
 

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 = 2.64” × 0.47” × 0.31”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Orthoclase
 

MF99AF8: Doubly terminated Beryl (aquamarine variety) crystals. They are very clear, have a very uniform blue color and are on a curious matrix, a white and very sharp floater Orthoclase crystal with small Quartz crystals.
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (06/2016)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.42” × 0.63”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Orthoclase. Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Orthoclase.
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite, Muscovite and Spessartine
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite, Muscovite and Spessartine. Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite, Muscovite and Spessartine. Rear
Rear
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite, Muscovite and Spessartine.
 

LL93AK0: Beryl crystals (variety aquamarine) with very good definition of the faces and edges, transparent, bright with an attractive light blue color with shades of green and good terminal faces, partially coated by white Albite crystals and with a small Spessartine crystal and a leafy Muscovite aggregate. The specimen, very aesthetic, is from the collection of Philippe Morelon (number 709) whose label, which includes more information on the back, we will send to the buyer.
Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 7.4 × 2.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.91” × 1.02” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 0.8 cm = 2.83” × 0.31”

Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Albite
 

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, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 3.98” × 1.06” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 10.1 × 1.5 cm = 3.98” × 0.59”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Albite. Front
Front
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Albite. Top
Top		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Albite. Bottom
Bottom
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz. Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz. Side
Side
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz. Side
Side		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz. Top
Top

Fluorescent light (daylight)
  

EA26AL8: Parallel growth of very sharp Beryl crystals (aquamarine variety), translucent, very shiny and with an intense sky-blue color. Partially covered with lamellar Muscovite crystals and with white Quartz crystals. The back shows the matrix contact recrystallization of what appears to be some missing Feldspar.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.6 × 4.7 cm = 4.88” × 3.39” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 8.1 × 5.4 cm = 3.19” × 2.13”

Beryl (variety morganite) with Quartz
 

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, Nilaw-Kolum, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (±1990)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 8 × 4 cm = 4.06” × 3.15” × 1.57”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Beryl (variety morganite) with Quartz. Front
Front
Beryl (variety morganite) with Quartz. Top
Top

Elbaite (Tourmaline)

Elbaite with Quartz
Elbaite with Quartz.
 

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.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (2003)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.20”

Doubly terminated Elbaite with Quartz
 

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.
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (2005)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.69” × 1.42” × 0.59”

Doubly terminated Elbaite with Quartz.
Elbaite
Elbaite. Front
Front		Elbaite. Rear
Rear
Elbaite. Top
Top
 

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 = 1.85” × 0.87” × 0.67”

Elbaite with Albite (variety cleavelandite)
 

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 = 1.85” × 1.81” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.46” × 0.71”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Elbaite with Albite (variety cleavelandite). Front
Front		Elbaite with Albite (variety cleavelandite). Top
Top
Elbaite with 'lepidolite'
Elbaite with 'lepidolite'.
 

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.
Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (2005)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.09” × 1.50” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.20”

Elbaite with 'lepidolite'
 

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'
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.42” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

Elbaite with 'lepidolite'. Front
Front		Elbaite with 'lepidolite'. Rear
Rear
Elbaite (Tourmaline) with Albite
Elbaite (Tourmaline) with Albite.
 

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 = 2.36” × 1.26”

Elbaite (Tourmaline)
 

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 = 3.35” × 0.59” × 0.35”

Elbaite (Tourmaline).
Elbaite (variety rubellite)
Elbaite (variety rubellite). Front
Front		Elbaite (variety rubellite). Top
Top
 

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.
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (2004)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 3.35” × 0.67” × 0.63”

Doubly terminated Elbaite
 

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 = 5.91” × 0.71” × 0.47”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Doubly terminated Elbaite. Front
Front		Doubly terminated Elbaite. Side
Side
Doubly terminated Elbaite. Rear
Rear		Doubly terminated Elbaite. Top
Top
Doubly terminated Elbaite (variety indicolite)
Doubly terminated Elbaite (variety indicolite). Front
Front		Doubly terminated Elbaite (variety indicolite). Rear
Rear
 

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.
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 2.36” × 0.39” × 0.35”

Clinozoisite

The difference between Epidote and Clinozoisite is their chemical composition (more Aluminum in Clinozoisite, more Iron in Epidote) and no other difference (i.e. color, shape or even x-ray tests) will allow you to identify them. Only a detailed quantitative chemical analysis will allow you to separate them. Plus, it is necessary to analyze specimens from each pocket found to see if it contained Clinozoisite or Epidote.

Based on our analyses these are Clinozoisites and they are excellent, very gemmy, with a nice color, and sharp edges.

Clinozoisite with Calcite
 

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 = 4.33” × 0.71” × 0.31”

With analysis copy
Clinozoisite with Calcite. Front
Front		Clinozoisite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Clinozoisite
Clinozoisite. Front
Front		Clinozoisite. Front
Front
Clinozoisite. Rear
Rear
 

TH27AL5: Group of very sharp Clinozoisite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, very bright and with an intense and uniform brownish green color.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.02” × 0.55”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Clinozoisite
 

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

Specimen size: 7 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 2.76” × 0.91” × 0.47”

Clinozoisite.
Clinozoisite with Calcite and Byssolite
Clinozoisite with Calcite and Byssolite. Front
Front
Clinozoisite with Calcite and Byssolite. Top
Top
 

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 = 1.97” × 1.77” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.6 cm = 1.97” × 1.02”

THAILAND


Mimetite on Quartz
 

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 Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province  Thailand

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.26” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.20” × 0.08”

Former collection of Claus Hedegaard
Mimetite on Quartz. Front
Front		Mimetite on Quartz. Side
Side
Mimetite
Mimetite. Front
Front		Mimetite. Side
Side
Mimetite.
Mimetite  

NE47AM4: Aggregates and isolated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, some of them with pedunculated and hopper growths, with good luster and an intense yellow color and on a limonite matrix.
The specimen, from a locality from which quality specimens are only rarely seen anymore, comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number MIT-11), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province  Thailand

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.17” × 1.77” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar
Mimetite
 

TK56AD9: Aggregates and isolated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, some of them with hoppered growths. They are very bright, have a very intense yellow color and are on a limonite 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. 740)
Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province  Thailand

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.9 × 4.6 cm = 2.48” × 2.32” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite.
 

TV89AI8: A coating of sharp Mimetite crystals on a matrix that is very rich with a manganese mineral. The Mimetite crystals have very well defined faces and edges and a lot of them are doubly terminated. Transparent, very bright and a deep and vivid orange color.
From the José Luis Vallecillo collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province  Thailand

Specimen size: 14.2 × 10.4 × 5.2 cm = 5.59” × 4.09” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo
VIETNAM


Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Quartz
 

MB37AN0: Beryl crystal (aquamarine variety), with very sharp crystal forms and with the terminal pinacoid finely beveled by pyramid faces, transparent, lustrous and with an excellent, intense and uniform sky-blue color. On a matrix of Quartz crystals with very poorly developed prism faces.
Quỳ Châu District, Nghệ An Province, Bắc Trung Bộ (North Central Coast) Region  Vietnam (2015)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.71” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.08”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Quartz. Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Quartz. Side
Side
Beryl (variety aquamarine)
Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine). Rear
Rear
 

MC47AN0: Two Beryl crystals (aquamarine variety), one of them very aerial, with very sharp crystal forms and a pyramidal termination, transparent, lustrous, and with an excellent, intense and uniform sky-blue color.
Quỳ Châu District, Nghệ An Province, Bắc Trung Bộ (North Central Coast) Region  Vietnam (2015)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.59” × 0.20”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.08”

Beryl (variety aquamarine)
 

TD27AN0: Two Beryl crystals (aquamarine variety), one of them very aerial, with very sharp crystal forms and a pyramidal termination, transparent, lustrous, and with an excellent, intense and uniform sky-blue color.
Quỳ Châu District, Nghệ An Province, Bắc Trung Bộ (North Central Coast) Region  Vietnam (2015)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 1 cm = 1.38” × 0.98” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.08”

Beryl (variety aquamarine). Front
Front		Beryl (variety aquamarine). Rear
Rear
OTHERS


Myanmar (Burma)

Fluorite
Fluorite.
 

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 Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.28” × 0.28”

Elbaite with Quartz and Schorl
 

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.
Ohn Dan, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2003)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.6 × 4.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.42” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.39”

Elbaite with Quartz and Schorl.
Topaz on Quartz
Topaz on Quartz. Front
Front		Topaz on Quartz. Side
Side
 

MX14AM8: Very aerial crystal of Topaz, rich in crystal forms and partially doubly terminated, very transparent, lustrous, on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pan-taw, Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.67” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Topaz
 

TJ87AL8: Water-clear and extremely lustrous crystal of Topaz, very rich in terminal faces and with polycrystalline growths in the lower part. The deposit is unusual for quality Topaz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Pan-taw, Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.91” × 0.59”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Topaz. Front
Front		Topaz. Rear
Rear
Topaz
Topaz. Front
Front		Topaz. Rear
Rear
 

ELB87ASN2: A floater Topaz crystal from Mogok, and from the early finds there. The crystal is extremely clean, with perfectly defined faces and edges. The upper termination is richly crystallized, and the base is recrystallized.
This specimen comes from Roger Titeaux, a prominent French mineral dealer specializing in gemstone-quality specimens like this one. Titeaux acted as a bridge between collectors such as Claude Guillemin, Pierre Bariand, Henri-Jean Schubnel... and the current French mineral collecting scene.
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.87” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Photos: Pere Alonso
Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz, Albite and Feldspar
 

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 Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2009)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.3 × 4.4 cm = 2.32” × 1.69” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz, Albite and Feldspar. Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Quartz, Albite and Feldspar.
Elbaite (Rubellite)
Elbaite (Rubellite). Front
Front		Elbaite (Rubellite). Top
Top
 

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 Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2007)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.59” × 0.55”

Fluorescent short UV
Twinned Phenakite with Albite and Schorl
 

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)  Myanmar (Burma) (2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.6 × 3.7 cm = 1.93” × 1.02” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.55” × 0.31”

Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)
Twinned Phenakite with Albite and Schorl. Twinned Phenakite with Albite and Schorl.
Twinned Phenakite with Albite, Schorl and Quartz (variety smoky)
Twinned Phenakite with Albite, Schorl and Quartz (variety smoky). Twinned Phenakite with Albite, Schorl and Quartz (variety smoky).
Twinned Phenakite with Albite, Schorl and Quartz (variety smoky).
 

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)  Myanmar (Burma) (2007)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.6 × 2.7 cm = 3.15” × 2.60” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

Albite minor fluorescence short UV
Petalite
 

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.
Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (05/2009)

Specimen size: 3 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.34” × 0.55”

Petalite. Front
Front
Petalite. Side
Side		Petalite. Side
Side
Petalite
Petalite. Front
Front
Petalite. Side
Side		Petalite. Side
Side
 

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.
Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State  Myanmar (Burma) (05/2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.22” × 1.14” × 0.55”

Painite with Corundum (variety ruby)
 

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.
Hinthar Hill, Wet-loo, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (05/2005)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 2.17” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.65” × 0.63”

Corundum intense fluorescence long & short UV
Painite with Corundum (variety ruby). Front
Front		Painite with Corundum (variety ruby). Top
Top
Painite with Corundum (variety ruby).
Painite with Corundum (variety ruby)
Painite with Corundum (variety ruby).
Painite with Corundum (variety ruby). Painite with Corundum (variety ruby).
 

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, Wet-loo, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.02” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”

Corundum (Rubi) fluorescent long & short UV
Johachidolite with Quartz
 

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 Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2008)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 4.1 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.8 cm = 0.67” × 0.31”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Johachidolite with Quartz.
Johachidolite with Quartz. Johachidolite with Quartz.
Johachidolite with Quartz, Sodalite (Hackmanite) and Muscovite
Johachidolite with Quartz, Sodalite (Hackmanite) and Muscovite. Johachidolite with Quartz, Sodalite (Hackmanite) and Muscovite.
 

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 Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2008)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.2 × 4.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.26” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Spinel

Twinned Spinel
 

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 Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2003)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.38” × 1.30” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.24” × 0.28”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Twinned Spinel. Twinned Spinel.
Spinel on Calcite
Spinel on Calcite. Spinel on Calcite.
 

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 Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (1999)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.50” × 1.46” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Spinel with Calcite
 

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 Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2003)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 2.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.50” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

Spinel with Calcite. Spinel with Calcite.
Spinel on Calcite
Spinel on Calcite. Spinel on Calcite.
 

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 Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2003)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Spinel with Calcite
 

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 Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.77” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Spinel with Calcite. Spinel with Calcite.
Spinel with Calcite
Spinel with Calcite.
 

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.
Oak-saung-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2003)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 3.2 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Spinel
 

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 Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2014)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 2.01” × 1.14” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”

Spinel. Front
Front		Spinel. Side
Side
Spinel. Side
Side		Spinel. Rear
Rear
Norbergite and Spinel on Calcite
Norbergite and Spinel on Calcite.
Norbergite and Spinel on Calcite. Norbergite and Spinel on Calcite.
 

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.
Oak-saung-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division)  Myanmar (Burma) (2003)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.4 × 4.3 cm = 3.66” × 3.31” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”

Fluorescent long & short UV

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