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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


Jeffrey Mine

Diopside with Diopside
Diopside with Diopside.
 

MG37H1: The main crystal is exceptionally aerial adding to its unusual prismatic habit, which is very much shorter than usual. The base is formed of small purple crystals of Vesuvianite and prismatic completely transparent crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (07/2005)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.22” × 0.83” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside
 

TQA46AO0: Group of Diopside crystals with an unusual habit, tabular in appearance, but actually formed by very flat dominant prisms. Very transparent, lustrous, and with a color that varies from pale yellow to violet.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.1 × 1 cm = 1.34” × 0.83” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Diopside. Front
Front
Diopside. Side
Side
Diopside.
Diopside with Vesuvianite
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
 

MM88G7: The specimen is from a recent find by local searchers at the Jeffrey Quarry, now closed. Even considering that the cavity was very big very few pieces have such high quality. The tabular habit of the crystals is very uncommon, the fine vertical striations and the presence of the pinacoid demonstrate they are very flat prisms. Their color and brightness are excellent and the transparency exceptional. Even more, their association with minor violet Vesuvianite adds more interest and glamour to the sample.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.18” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite
 

MA16H8: The sample has great quality. It is very esthetic because the Diopside crystals are more aerial and distinguishable than usual at this find. Perfectly defined, transparent and bright, they are placed on a base of prismatic crystals of Vesuvianite sharing yellow and violet colors.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.5 × 5.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.56” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Diopside with Vesuvianite
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Side
Side
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Diopside with Vesuvianite.
 

MJ87G9: The sample, exceptional, is from a recent find in the now closed Jeffrey Quarry. The pocket, being big, produced very few specimens of such high quality. Diopside crystals have an uncommon habit: they are apparently tabular, but fine vertical striations and the presence of the pinacoid show they really are very flat prisms. The color and luster are excellent and the transparency extraordinary. If all this seems not enough, their association with prismatic greenish-yellow and violet Vesuvianite crystals adds even more interest and visual appeal to the sample.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 12 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 4.72” × 2.76” × 2.17”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite
 

MF16G7: The specimen is from a recent find by local searchers at the Jeffrey Quarry, now closed. Even considering that the cavity was very big very few pieces have such high quality. The tabular habit of the crystals is very uncommon, the fine vertical striations and the presence of the pinacoid demonstrate they are very flat prisms. Their color and brightness are excellent and the transparency exceptional. Even more, their association with good quality Vesuvianite of different color, green and violet adds more interest and glamour to the sample.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 6 × 5.5 cm = 5.00” × 2.36” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.51” × 0.35”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Diopside with Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Diopside with Vesuvianite.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Front
Front
Fluorapophyllite-(K). Top
Top
 

TD13S3: Floater prismatic crystal of equant habit. It is white with brown areas irregularly distributed throughout the crystal: This species is rare for the locality, more due to its size and the excellent crystalline development of the sample.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (20/10/1994)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 0.79”

Grossular (variety hessonite)
 

ET27AC4: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of very transparent, bright and very well defined Grossular crystals, formed by the faces of the trapezohedron, finely striated and echeloned, and those of the dodecahedron.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

Grossular (variety hessonite). Grossular (variety hessonite).
Grossular (variety hessonite)
Grossular (variety hessonite). Front
Front
Grossular (variety hessonite). Side
Side
 

TQA47AO1: Druse on matrix of Grossular crystals (hessonite variety), with very sharp trapezohedron crystal forms, transparent, with extraordinary luster and an intense and uniform color.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, stating that it was previously in the Sullivan collection.

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.34” × 0.83” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NFY67AO5: Trapezohedral crystals of Grossular (variety hessonite) with very sharp crystal forms, transparent, extraordinarily lustrous, on a matrix covered by small Chlorite crystals.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.02” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside. Front
Front
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside. Top
Top
 

TL88Q8: Group of dodecahedral crystals of very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, very bright and have an unusual pale pink color and are bordering a matrix rich of small crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.42” × 0.55”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside
 

TJ27Q8: Two crystals, clearly dominant, formed by the faces of the dodecahedron and trapezohedron, bright and very well defined. The matrix is a group of aerial and well defined prismatic crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.97” × 1.02” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Chlorite.
 

MK38AJ0: Single crystals, on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges formed by a dominant dodecahedron beveled by a trapezohedron with fine growth striations. They are extraordinarily transparent and luminous and have a deep and uniform honey color. A Canadian classic of great quality.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 0.91”

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Clinochlore
 

TQ30R8: Trapezohedral crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright and an excellent color. They are on matrix, with small crystals of Clinochlore.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (20/01/1995)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.17” × 1.89” × 0.79”

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Clinochlore. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Clinochlore.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside  

TA46L1: Totally transparent dodecahedral crystals, with a delicate pinkish color and extraordinary brilliance. On a Diopside crystal matrix.
This specimen is from the private collection of the well-known Wendy and Frank Melanson from Canada.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (±1982)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 1.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite
 

MG90AK7: Druse of dodecahedral hessonite crystals beveled by trapezohedron faces. The crystals are very transparent, highly lustrous, very uniform in color and partially covered by transparent, white and exceptionally defined bladed Pectolite crystals. An unusual specimen for the quality of both components.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (14/06/1985)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.20” × 1.54”

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside. Grossular (variety hessonite) with Diopside.
 

TC87V1: Druse of dodecahedral crystals of Grossular (hessonite). They are clear, slightly pinkish and very bright. In their center they have small phantom growths of a very deep green color. They are on matrix with white flattened crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/01/1982)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5 × 1.9 cm = 2.95” × 1.97” × 0.75”

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

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite
 

EF10I1: The dodecahedral crystals completely cover the matrix. They are transparent and very bright. On them is a delicate white prism of Wollastonite, unusually defined. The specimen is very esthetic.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (1990)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 7.7 × 2.6 cm = 4.17” × 3.03” × 1.02”

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

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite and Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite and Fluorapophyllite-(K) . Grossular (variety hessonite) with Wollastonite and Fluorapophyllite-(K) .
 

EP91AA3: Crystals with very well defined faces and edges consisting of a dominant dodecahedron finely beveled by the trapezohedron. They are very transparent and bright, have a deep and uniform honey color and are with very sharp, white and thin Wollastonite crystals and small equant Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals. A gorgeous sample.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 13.9 × 6.8 × 4 cm = 5.47” × 2.68” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite
 

TL49J0: The crystals are composed of the dodecahedron and trapezohedron. They have a honey-yellow color, are very clear, and have very well defined faces and edges. With the Grossular, and no less important, there are small white crystals of Pectolite, exceptionally defined. A magnificent specimen.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (±1996)

Specimen size: 14 × 5.6 × 4.7 cm = 5.51” × 2.20” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

Pectolite very fluorescent long & short UV
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite.
Grossular (variety hessonite) with Pectolite.
Grossular
Grossular.
 

TR27S3: Aggregate of transparent dodecahedral crystals. They have a very intense and uniform green color and present fine striations of the surface of their faces. In contrast with the usual habit for this kind of sample, most of the crystals also show faces on the back of the piece.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 0.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”

Grossular with Pectolite
 

TF26R9: Dodecahedral crystals of Grossular, one of them clearly dominant, transparent, bright and a deep green color. They are on matrix, with crystals of Pectolite.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.5 × 1.3 cm = 1.42” × 1.38” × 0.51”

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

Grossular with Pectolite. Grossular with Pectolite.
Grossular
Grossular. Grossular.
 

TV67S3: Dodecahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges. On matrix, they are transparent, very bright and have a very pale green color with deep green phantom growths.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.65” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

Vesuvianite minor fluorescence long & short UV
Pectolite with Grossular
 

TM87AH6: Groups of elongated and flattened Pectolite crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They have a snowy white color, pearly luster and have fine coatings of Grossular microcrystals. Of a great quality for the species.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (±1995)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.52” × 2.09” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.51” × 0.16”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Pectolite with Grossular. Pectolite with Grossular.
Pectolite
Pectolite. Pectolite.
Pectolite  

ED86AA1: Fibrous aggregates of white acicular crystals with pearly luster and on matrix. The sample is from the Pierre Léo Montreuil collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. A very fine piece.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.80” × 2.24” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Vesuvianite
 

TJJ64AN3: Vesuvianite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and perfect terminations, translucent, and with a very marked color zoning, yellow on the outside of the crystal and intense violet on the inside.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Top
Top
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
 

TFA14AN7: Two Vesuvianite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and thick, with very sharp crystal forms and perfect terminal faces, with a highly developed pinacoid. Between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and a uniform yellow color
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” × 0.55”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite
 

TY86AL8: Very aesthetic aggregate of prismatic Vesuvianite crystals with excellent terminations, transparent, with great luster and an intense greenish yellow color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 0.98” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite.
 

TTR46AO2: Aggregate of elongated Vesuvianite crystals rich in crystal forms, very sharp, transparent, with good luster and a greenish yellow color and with intense mauve-colored phantom growths in the nucleus of the crystal. Specimens of Asbestos Vesuvianite of such quality are beginning to be very scarce, since the deposit has been flooded for a long time.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.02” × 0.98” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite
 

TC16G9: Nice miniature with a group of doubly terminated prismatic crystals, very bright and with an excellent violet color deeper on terminations.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 1.06” × 0.75” × 0.59”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
 

TH76AL6: Elongated Vesuvianite crystal, with parallel growth of a second crystal, with very well defined faces and edges of the prism and excellent termination at the top. Between translucent and transparent, very lustrous and deep yellow.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 1.14” × 0.39” × 0.35”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Vesuvianite doubly terminated
 

EH66E9: The eight faces making up the sides of the crystal, which are very well-defined and brilliant, correspond to the two tetragonal prisms. Its upper termination diverges into an attractive spray of small prisms with the same characteristics. Doubly terminated, good color, brilliance and transparency characterize this very bright specimen.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.31” × 0.31”

Vesuvianite doubly terminated. Front
Front
Vesuvianite doubly terminated. Top
Top
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite. Side
Side
 

TA14AN2: Doubly terminated crystal of Vesuvianite with uneven growths on both terminations, one of them with a smooth and shiny pinacoidal face and the opposite irregular and matte at the ends.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.4 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.28” × 0.28”

Vesuvianite
 

TQ68AK7: Group of elongated crystals, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations, transparent, extraordinarily lustrous and very intense yellow, with shades of green. A Canadian classic that we will send in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. Noble, which also contains his label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 0.67” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”

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

MM70L1: Group of thick crystals, forming polysynthetic aggregates with well defined lateral faces and terminations. Crystal terminations show well defined light green color zonations. The other terminations are contacted but not fractured. Excellent and intense color.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Die Jeffrey Mine’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 64 of number 1/2009
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (1980)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.38” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.31”

Vesuvianite
 

TE66AC4: Floater sample with aggregates of short prismatic crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, transparent, bright and with areas of a very vivid violet color on terminations. A small jewel.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (2000)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.42” × 0.94”

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

Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite.
 

TJ89C5: This particular specimen doesn't shows any color except green but it is doubly terminated, sharp, with huge crystal size, and the whole specimen is quite nice!
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (07/02)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.38” × 0.71”

Vesuvianite
 

TZ91AB3: Aggregate of very well shaped Vesuvianite crystals, some of them partially doubly terminated, translucent, very bright and with a vivid greenish yellow color.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (2004)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.1 × 2 cm = 2.01” × 1.61” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.24”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite.
 

TF51G3: A splendid group of crystals formed by the prism and a very acute pyramid, with an excellent color and luster. In some places some mauve colors appear. Although they may look like breaks, they really are recrystallizations.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2003)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.38” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.43”

Vesuvianite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TR27AI3: Floater aggregate of Vesuvianite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, a lot of them totally or partially doubly terminated, translucent, bright and with well differentiated color areas, between yellow and an intense violet. A Canadian classic.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (2005)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.20”

Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
 

TC70F9: The crystals of this group, with an excellent color and exceptional brightness, are doubly terminated. The pyramid tips are, in addition, transparent. The specimen is a floater, with a recrystallized base.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (07/2002)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.48” × 1.38” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.98” × 0.47”

Vesuvianite
 

AB89N4: Group of crystals of very good color, very uniform, and excellent transparency. Furthermore, a lot of the crystals on the group are doubly terminated. A floater.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3 × 2 cm = 2.64” × 1.18” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.24”

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite.
Vesuvianite. Vesuvianite.
 

TB30G1: An especially attractive group in which coexist crystals of two very different colors, greenish-yellow and violet. The crystals, most of them doubly terminated, are bright and perfectly defined.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 2.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.63”

Chromium-rich Vesuvianite
 

TJ46: The great Jeffrey Quarry in Asbestos, Canada is now closed, so we don't expect to get any more fine material from there in the future. In the last few days of its glorious history the Jeffrey Mine nevertheless gave us one small pocket with extremely intensely green Chromium rich Vesuvianite: this elongated crystal with a nice termination at the top, comes from this pocket.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (05/02)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.59” × 0.63”

Chromium-rich Vesuvianite.
Chromium-rich Vesuvianite
Chromium-rich Vesuvianite.
 

ED88: The best green color for Jeffrey's Vesuvianite. Deep and dramatic, just a few specimens came with this quality color.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (05-07 /2002)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 1.10”

Vesuvianite with Diopside
 

MB26L5: Group of Vesuvianite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, whose color varies between the yellowish green to mauve. Accompanied by flattened Diopside crystals with excellent creamy color, good transparency and brilliance.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.24”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV
Vesuvianite with Diopside. Front
Front
Vesuvianite with Diopside. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite with Diopside.

Andradite (variedad demantoid) from Jeffrey Quarry

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Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
 

EG96P5: The crystals combine the dodecahedron and trapezohedron. They are transparent, very bright and have deep green color and have very well defined faces and edges that strongly contrast with the white fibrous matrix.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.59” × 0.47”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
 

TE47N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Two crystals that combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 280 in number 2009/4
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.4 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.55” × 0.79”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
 

ET46Q0: Isolated and clustered crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are a very deep green color that contrasts with a matrix of a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.14”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
 

TY76N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.89” × 0.87”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.
 

TV17N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2009 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 60 in the volume 14, number 3
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm = 3.07” × 2.64” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole
 

TR50N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Mine, ↓200 m, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 8.3 × 4.2 cm = 5.31” × 3.27” × 1.65”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Front
Front
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole. Front
Front
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Amphibole.

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