Reference Specimens / Turkey - Asia - Australia / Fabre Minerals

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)

MQ13AM9: Isolated Beryl crystal with a flattened prismatic habit and pyramidal faces beveling the dominant terminal pinacoid. Completely transparent, shiny, and with inclusions at the base.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Bob Sullivan collection.
Chumar Bakhoor, Sumayar Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan

Specimen size: 1.5 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.59” × 0.51” × 0.24”

Former collection of Bob Noble

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, Sumayar 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

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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 Albite

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TFG87AO7: Beryl crystal with very sharp crystal forms and a perfect termination, very rich in faces. Transparent, with good luster and a uniform blue color (aquamarine variety) and in a matrix of Albite.
Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 3.3 cm = 1.77” × 1.57” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.59”

Albite minor fluorescence short UV

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Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite. Top

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Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite

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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

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Beryl (variety aquamarine) with feldspar and Schorl. Top

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Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite

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MTL87AP3: Beryl crystal (aquamarine variety) that displays a highly developed prism with dipyramid faces truncated by the pinacoid. In the upper central part of the crystal, two growth rings perpendicular to the prism can be seen. The aquamarine crystal has a uniform blue-green color and is lustrous and translucent. The termination of the crystal is very curious as it is formed by a multitude of very fine fibrous crystals that make it totally opaque if we look vertically down at the crystal from the top. It is partially embedded in a matrix of snow-white Albite crystals.
From a classic locality for this species.
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan

Specimen size: 4.9 × 1 × 1.4 cm = 1.93” × 0.39” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 1 cm = 1.93” × 0.39”

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Feldspar, Mica and Schorl

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”

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Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Feldspar, Mica and Schorl. Top

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Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite and Quartz

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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 Albite and Muscovite

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

Specimen size: 6.7 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 2.64” × 0.47” × 0.31”

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Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Albite and Muscovite. Top

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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 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

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

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Albite

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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 Muscovite and Quartz

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EA26AL8: Parallel growth of well-defined Beryl (variety aquamarine) crystals, translucent, lustrous, and with a sky-blue color. They are partially coated by platy Muscovite crystals and associated with white Quartz crystals. The rear of the specimen preserves the imprint of its contact with the matrix, probably corresponding to a Feldspar crystal that was later dissolved or detached.

Geologically, the Hunza Valley lies within the western Karakoram, where metamorphic and intrusive rocks are cut by numerous Alpine-type hydrothermal veins. Within these cavities formed some of Pakistan's finest Alpine mineral specimens.
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”

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Beryl (variety aquamarine)

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NQR47AN5: Group of Beryl crystals (aquamarine variety) with sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations. They are transparent, shiny and sky-blue in color.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 102
Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan

Specimen size: 14 × 11 × 4.5 cm = 5.51” × 4.33” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.83”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez

Beryl (variety morganite) with Quartz

MM37M0: Really nice Morganite crystal with a considerable size. Some of the side faces are partially peppered and covered by small Quartz crystals.
Great color, especially notable when you contrast the specimen with a white background.

The Mawi Pegmatite belongs to a field of late-orogenic granitic pegmatites emplaced within high-grade metamorphic rocks of the Nuristan region. These are strongly differentiated pegmatitic bodies, locally showing well-developed internal zoning, and are known for hosting gem-quality minerals and Be- and Li-bearing species. Crystallization is linked to volatile-rich residual fluids, allowing the growth of well-formed crystals.
Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum area, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province Afghanistan (±1990)

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

Minor fluorescence short UV

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Elbaite (Tourmaline)

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”

Elbaite

TZ26AL4: Polychrome Elbaite crystal with sharp faces and edges and rich in terminal faces. Very bright and with different degrees of transparency depending on the color zones: very dark olive green at the base, lighter green in the intermediate area and colorless and transparent around the termination.
We will deliver the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.31” × 0.16”

Former collection of Bob Noble

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”

Elbaite

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, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan (09/2008)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.85” × 0.87” × 0.67”

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Elbaite with Albite (variety cleavelandite)

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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 District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) 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 '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'

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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 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 (variety rubellite) with 'lepidolite'

NR51AL5: Two Elbaite crystals (variety rubellite) rich in very well defined terminal faces, transparent, bright, deep red in color and with aggregates of 'lepidolite' crystals at the base. Very elegant.
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province Afghanistan

Specimen size: 6.4 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 2.52” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 1 cm = 2.52” × 0.39”

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Elbaite (variety rubellite) with Albite

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TR1AM5: Elbaite crystal with very well-defined faces and edges, lustrous, transparent, and with clear color zoning, intense pink-magenta around the termination. It also shows partial dissolution of later recrystallized Elbaite. Coated with crystallized Albite and on a matrix of platy Albite crystals.

Stak Nala is an area located in the western Himalayas, renowned for its zoned granitic pegmatites producing high-quality elbaites (tourmalines), often bi- or tricolored, associated with Albite, Mica, and Quartz. It is one of the world’s most iconic localities for collector-grade tourmalines.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan

Specimen size: 7 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.76” × 1.34” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.5 cm = 1.97” × 0.59”

Elbaite (variety rubellite)

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”

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Doubly terminated Elbaite

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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 (variety indicolite)

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”

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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.

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

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Mimetite

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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

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TBM37AP4: Short prismatic crystals of Mimetite, much more isolated and visible than usual in specimens from this locality, and many of them doubly terminated. They are translucent, lustrous, and have a very vivid and uniform orange color, and are on matrix.
This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 765), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province Thailand

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.5 × 2 cm = 2.20” × 1.38” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

Former collection of Miguel David Martínez

Mimetite

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EA86AM7: Mimetite crystals with a hemihedral habit, with a flat termination at one end and pyramidal termination at the opposite end, transparent, with very bright luster and an intense and vivid yellow color, on matrix.
Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province Thailand

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.44” × 1.65” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.51” × 0.12”

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

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

Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Quartz

MB37AN0: Crystal of Beryl (aquamarine variety) with very well-defined crystal forms and a terminal pinacoid finely bevelled by pyramidal faces. It is transparent, lustrous, and displays an excellent, intense and uniform sky-blue colour. It is set on a matrix of Quartz crystals with very poorly developed prisms, enhancing the contrast between the two species.

Geologically, the aquamarine formed in evolved granitic pegmatites, where beryllium-rich fluids promoted the growth of high-quality crystals. The Quartz crystallized during the final stages of pegmatite consolidation from residual hydrothermal fluids, producing well-formed crystals associated with the Beryl.
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”

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Beryl (variety aquamarine)

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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 and scepter) and Feldspar

TMJ47AN3: Unique scepter growth of two Beryl crystals (aquamarine variety) with well defined faces and edges, very marked dissolution forms, transparent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform blue color, associated with small white Feldspars.
Quỳ Châu District, Nghệ An Province, Bắc Trung Bộ (North Central Coast) Region Vietnam (2015)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.38” × 0.43” × 0.39”

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Beryl (variety aquamarine)

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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”

Spinel with Clintonite

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EAR26AP3: A floater group of sharply defined octahedral Spinel crystals, translucent and lustrous, with an intense pink hue and small white coatings of Clintonite.
The overall crystal architecture is fascinating.
An Phu, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province Vietnam (±2006)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 3 cm = 2.05” × 1.54” × 1.18”

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

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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”

Topaz

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TK86AN1: Topaz crystal, very rich in forms, with defined faces and edges, water-clear, and very lustrous.
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: 1.9 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.67” × 0.55”

Former collection of Bob Noble

Topaz on Quartz

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

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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

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

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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 (Rubellite)

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

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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, 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

Twinned Phenakite with Albite, Schorl and Quartz (variety smoky).

Phenakite

TF69AL5: Very sharp Phenakite crystal formed by a hexagonal prism with pyramidal terminations. The crystal is colorless, transparent and very shiny.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.47” × 0.39”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble

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”

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Petalite

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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

TX71X5: Crystal of this rare borate of which very few significant samples are known. With very well defined faces and edges, the crystal shows a very well developed hexagonal prism that is almost completely coated by small crystals of red Corundum.
Hinthar Hill, Wet-loo, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division) Myanmar (Burma)

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

Corundum fluorescent long & short UV

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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

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

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Painite with Corundum (variety ruby). Top

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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, 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

Johachidolite with Quartz, Sodalite (Hackmanite) and Muscovite.

Phlogopite on Calcite

EF26AM4: Sharp, doubly terminated crystal of Phlogopite, translucent, with good luster and a bronze color that contrasts with the intense white of the Calcite matrix.
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division) Myanmar (Burma)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.93” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”

Minor fluorescence short UV