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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


Fiji

Tellurium with Quartz
Tellurium with Quartz.
 

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 Island  Fiji (2005)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.28” × 0.12”

Tellurium with Quartz
 

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 Island  Fiji (2005)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 8 × 3.2 cm = 2.87” × 3.15” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.12”

Tellurium with Quartz. Tellurium with Quartz.

INDIA


Doubly terminated Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Doubly terminated Fluorapophyllite-(K).
 

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 = 2.01” × 1.42” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.73” × 0.47”

Doubly terminated Fluorapophyllite-(K)
 

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 = 2.64” × 1.46” × 1.42”

Doubly terminated Fluorapophyllite-(K).
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-Ca

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite-Ca. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
 

MPQ91CD2: Growth of very sharp, transparent, shiny, and intensely green Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals. On matrix, with white flattened crystals of Stilbite-Ca.
Although fluorapophyllites-(K) are a common mineral species, these green and shiny ones from Jalgaon were remarkable in their time.
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 8.9 × 3.9 × 4.5 cm = 3.50” × 1.54” × 1.77”

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

Former collection of M.Gabriel
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite
 

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, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra  India (04/2004)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.7 × 5 cm = 3.94” × 2.64” × 1.97”

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite. Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite.
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite.
 

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, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 10.5 × 4.8 cm = 4.13” × 4.13” × 1.89”

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite
 

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

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.6 × 4.4 cm = 4.25” × 2.99” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite. Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite.
Scolecite with Quartz

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
 

EXX97CDD: They were seen and quickly vanished and caught attention at the time due to their color and appearance, very different from other scolecites. In the case of this piece, it's in a Quartz matrix, adding to its uniqueness.
Chandanapuri, Samgamner, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.13” × 2.05” × 1.14”

Stilbite-Ca with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Heulandite-Ca
Stilbite-Ca with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Heulandite-Ca  

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, Khadakwasla Dam, Pashan, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (±1985)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7 × 5.4 cm = 3.66” × 2.76” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 1.65”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Joan Abella
Stilbite-Ca with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Heulandite-Ca.
Doubly terminated Stilbite-Ca
Doubly terminated Stilbite-Ca. Doubly terminated Stilbite-Ca.
 

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 = 6.89” × 3.74” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.81” × 0.98”

Stilbite-Ca with Heulandite-Ca
 

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 District, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 16 × 15 × 5 cm = 6.30” × 5.91” × 1.97”

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

Stilbite-Ca with Heulandite-Ca.
Stilbite-Ca with Heulandite-Ca.
Heulandite with Scolecite
Heulandite with Scolecite. Heulandite with Scolecite.
 

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 = 3.35” × 2.95” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.20”

Heulandite
 

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

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.65” × 1.18” × 1.02”

Heulandite.
Heulandite
Heulandite.
 

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 District, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra  India (07/03)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5 × 2.2 cm = 2.13” × 1.97” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.34” × 1.18”

Heulandite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca
 

EZ96AM1: Radial aggregate of flattened Heulandite-Ca crystals with sharp faces and edges, very lustrous, pink in color, on matrix, with white Stilbite-Ca crystals, some of them doubly terminated. Unusual!
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.7 × 3.9 cm = 3.86” × 3.03” × 1.54”

Heulandite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca. Heulandite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca.
Mesolite with Heulandite-Ca and Laumontite
Mesolite with Heulandite-Ca and Laumontite.
 

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, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.80” × 2.24” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.26”

Mesolite with Heulandite-Ca and Laumontite
 

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, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.60” × 2.13” × 1.26”

Mesolite with Heulandite-Ca and Laumontite.
Mesolite with Stilbite-Ca
Mesolite with Stilbite-Ca. Mesolite with Stilbite-Ca.
 

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

Specimen size: 13 × 10.5 × 7 cm = 5.12” × 4.13” × 2.76”

Mesolite with Stilbite
 

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, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 10.3 × 7.5 cm = 4.57” × 4.06” × 2.95”

Mesolite with Stilbite. Mesolite with Stilbite.
Thomsonite-Ca with Mesolite and Scolecite

 

TRF49XXX: Globular aggregates formed by Thomsonite-Ca crystals of a very intense and uniform orange color, something remarkable for the locality and for the species, with a tone much more vivid than usual in this place. They are accompanied by cream-colored Mesolite crystals and small, very fine acicular crystals of Scolecite, which follow the globular seams of the Thomsonite-Ca, all of it on the matrix of the typical basaltic rock omnipresent in the Deccan Traps of India.
Aurangabad District, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.8 × 2.4 cm = 3.62” × 3.07” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.22” × 1.10”

Former collection of Emilio Ródenas
Thomsonite-Ca
 

MGB96CD2: Botryoidal growth of Thomsonite-Ca, in a color between pink and lilac, covering centered growths of white fibrous crystals of Thomsonite-Ca.
Among the many zeolites from the basaltic platform of the Deccan, occasionally, one stands out for its originality.
Aurangabad District, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra  India (10/2005)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 10.3 × 4.1 cm = 4.96” × 4.06” × 1.61”


Recorded under neon light
Thomsonite-Ca. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Thomsonite-Ca
Thomsonite-Ca.
 

TK63G9: The piece shows spheroidal growths formed by radial crystals of Thomsonite-Ca 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 District, Maharashtra  India (09/2005)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6 × 2 cm = 2.83” × 2.36” × 0.79”

Thomsonite-Ca with Scolecite
 

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

Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.4 × 2 cm = 3.58” × 2.91” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.06” × 1.06”

Thomsonite-Ca with Scolecite. Thomsonite-Ca with Scolecite.
Mordenite on Stilbite
Mordenite on Stilbite. Front
Front
Mordenite on Stilbite. Top
Top
 

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, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 3.03” × 1.57” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.26” × 1.06”

Calcite with Stilbite and Quartz
 

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 = 2.60” × 2.36” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.34” × 1.26”

Calcite with Stilbite and Quartz.
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite
Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite. Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite.
 

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, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.7 × 4 cm = 3.35” × 3.03” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.47” × 0.16”

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Celadonite inclusions
 

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 = 3.35” × 2.60” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.61”

Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Celadonite inclusions.
Celadonite included in Heulandite-Ca
Celadonite included in Heulandite-Ca.
 

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 = 3.31” × 1.77” × 1.77”

Cavansite with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Mordenite
 

NPP52ASN4: Group of Cavansite crystals, thick and arranged very aerially on a matrix formed by Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals and fibrous Mordenite crystals. The Cavansite crystals are of deep and uniform blue color, very well defined, and bright. The specimen, of very notable quality for the species, comes from one of the well-known quarries present in the vast Deccan Traps of India, the Wagholi Quarry.
Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India (2024)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.20” × 1.69”

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

Photo: Pere Alonso
Cavansite with Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Mordenite.

Cavansite with Calcite and Stilbite
Cavansite with Calcite and Stilbite. Cavansite with Calcite and Stilbite.
 

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 = 2.44” × 2.28” × 1.97”

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

Calcite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
Cavansite with Stilbite
 

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 = 2.76” × 2.32” × 2.44”

Cavansite with Stilbite. Cavansite with Stilbite.
Cavansite with Calcite
Cavansite with Calcite. Front
Front
Cavansite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
 

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 = 0.79” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Cavansite with Calcite
 

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 = 0.94” × 0.83” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.16”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Cavansite with Calcite.
Pentagonite with Heulandite-Ca and Stilbite-Ca
Pentagonite with Heulandite-Ca and Stilbite-Ca. Pentagonite with Heulandite-Ca and Stilbite-Ca.
 

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

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.69” × 1.69” × 1.30”

Pentagonite with Stilbite
 

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 = 1.77” × 1.46” × 0.87”

Pentagonite with Stilbite. Pentagonite with Stilbite.
Pentagonite with Stilbite
Pentagonite with Stilbite. Pentagonite with Stilbite.
 

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 = 1.97” × 1.54” × 1.50”

Pentagonite with Stilbite
 

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 = 2.24” × 1.97” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.12”

Pentagonite with Stilbite. Pentagonite with Stilbite.
Pentagonite with Stilbite
Pentagonite with Stilbite. Pentagonite with Stilbite.
 

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 = 1.54” × 1.46” × 1.30”

Scolecite
 

HA37AM6: Centered groups of fine prismatic Scolecite crystals, with visible terminal faces, translucent, with a silky luster and a snow-white color. Very elegant.
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.8 × 10.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.86” × 4.02”

Main crystal size: 11 × 0.9 cm = 4.33” × 0.35”

Scolecite. Front
Front
Scolecite. Rear
Rear
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Quartz (variety amethyst).
 

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, Karur District, Tamil Nadu  India (2005)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”

Fluorite
 

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 = 3.31” × 2.48” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.85” × 1.06”

Fluorescent long & short UV
Fluorite.
Marialite-Meionite (Scapolite Group)
Marialite-Meionite (Scapolite Group).
 

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

Specimen size: 2.8 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.28” × 0.24”

Marialite-Meionite (Scapolite Group)
 

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 = 1.93” × 0.31” × 0.28”

Fluorescent short UV
Marialite-Meionite (Scapolite Group).
Elbaite (doubly terminated)
Elbaite (doubly terminated). Front
Front
Elbaite (doubly terminated). Rear
Rear
Elbaite (doubly terminated). Top
Top
 

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 = 3.39” × 1.30” × 0.79”


Globular Fluorite

In Mahodari, Nasik, India, people have obtained funny spherical Fluorite on Quartz matrix. We have been keeping an eye on them and once again we got a selected number of them. They are as nice and as unusual as the photos suggest.

Fluorite on Quartz
 

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 = 4.33” × 3.35” × 1.57”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite on Quartz.
Fluorite on Quartz.
Fluorite with Opal
Fluorite with Opal.
Fluorite with Opal.
 

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 = 3.86” × 2.05” × 0.59”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV

MALAYSIA


Stibarsen
 

MQ16AM7: Botryoidal Stibarsen growth with gray microcrystalline surfaces and a little matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching, Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak State, Borneo Island  Malaysia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.30” × 1.06” × 0.75”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Stibarsen. Front
Front
Stibarsen. Side
Side

IRAN


Nakhlak Mine

Twinned Cerussite
Twinned Cerussite. Front
Front
Twinned Cerussite. Rear
Rear
 

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 = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.71”

Fluorescent short UV
Twinned Cerussite
 

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 = 1.69” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Fluorescent short UV
Twinned Cerussite. Front
Front
Twinned Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Twinned Cerussite
Twinned Cerussite. Front
Front
Twinned Cerussite. Rear
Rear
 

TK27AE6: Floater aggregate with multiple twins of very sharp crystals that are between laminar and tabular, transparent, very bright and more neat and perfect than most of the samples from this locality.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.61” × 1.30” × 1.22”

Fluorescent short UV
Twinned Cerussite
 

TE57AL3: Floater reticulated Cerussite aggregate on matrix, with multiple twinned crystals between lamellar and tabular, highly profiled, transparent, bright and more limpid and perfect than is usual in specimens from this deposit.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.81” × 1.30” × 1.18”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Twinned Cerussite. Front
Front
Twinned Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Twinned Cerussite
Twinned Cerussite. Front
Front
Twinned Cerussite. Rear
Rear
 

TA66AL3: Floater reticulated Cerussite aggregate with multiple twinned crystals between lamellar and tabular, highly profiled, transparent, bright and more limpid and perfect than is usually the case in the Cerussites from this deposit.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.93” × 1.46” × 1.38”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
 

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.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 403 in the volume 54, number 3, May-June 2023
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.42” × 1.38” × 0.87”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Top
Top
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Top
Top
 

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 = 1.65” × 1.50” × 1.14”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
 

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 = 2.05” × 1.97” × 1.10”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Detail
Detail
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Photo micro: Cesar Menor-Salvan
Photo micro: Cesar Menor-Salvan
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Photo micro: Cesar Menor-Salvan
Photo micro: Cesar Menor-Salvan
 

EK88AC8: 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 specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 402 in the volume 54, number 3, May-June 2023
Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.09”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3 cm = 1.69”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
 

EF68AC2: 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: 5.4 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.69” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.10”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite.
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) with Cerussite
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) with Cerussite.
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) with Cerussite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) with Cerussite
 

TC43MZX: Aggregates with cyclic twins of Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, finely outlined by prismatic microcrystals of Mimetite, very fine and sharp, with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites were analyzed in detail and turned out to be the rare chromium-bearing variety. We will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer of the specimen.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 6.1 × 4.4 cm = 2.40” × 2.40” × 1.73”

Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
 

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 = 2.60” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Top
Top
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite.

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