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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



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
Fluorite on Quartz.
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 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
Fluorite with Opal.
Fluorite with Opal.

MALAYSIA


Sarabauite
Sarabauite. Sarabauite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MFR47AO3: Encrustations, microcrystalline concretions and acicular crystals of Sarabauite, a rare calcium sulphantimonide with a vivid and uniform red color, on matrix. The specimen, from the type locality for the species and among the highest quality known, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching, Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak State, Borneo Island  Malaysia

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

Type locality

Analyzed
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

Cerussite (twinned)
Cerussite (twinned). Front
Front
Cerussite (twinned). Rear
Rear
Cerussite (twinned)  

HM130TZ: Floater reticulated aggregate of Cerussite crystals with multiple twinning, between lamellar and tabular. Very sharp, transparent, lustrous and more limpid and perfect than is usual for specimens from this deposit.

Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.47”

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

Cerussite
 

TH46AN2: Floater reticulated aggregate of Cerussite with multiple twins of crystals between lamellar and tabular, very sharp, transparent and lustrous.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 0.94”

Minor fluorescence short UV

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

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

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
 

TQ96AL3: 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: 4.4 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.26” × 0.94”

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

TN56AL3: 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: 4.4 × 3.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.75”

Minor fluorescence 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
Cerussite (twinned)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EMX89AP7: Aggregate of Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, transparent and very lustrous, that form multiple twins, sharper and more perfect than usual, and in matrix, something really rare in specimens from this locality.
The specimen comes from the former collection of Michel Perraudin.
Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.17” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.06”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Michel Perraudin
Cerussite (twinned). Cerussite (twinned).
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Top
Top
 

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
 

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. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Top
Top
Chromium rich Mimetite with Cerussite
Chromium rich Mimetite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium rich Mimetite with Cerussite. Side
Side
 

EL38AL3: Reticulated Cerussite aggregates with cyclic twins. The Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, are outlined by very fine and sharp elongated microcrystals of Mimetite with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been 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: 4.4 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.73” × 1.14” × 1.02”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium rich Mimetite with Cerussite
 

EP38AL3: Reticulated Cerussite aggregates with cyclic twins. The Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, are outlined by very fine and sharp elongated microcrystals of Mimetite with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been 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.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 159/2021, page 34
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.77” × 1.26”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium rich Mimetite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium rich Mimetite with Cerussite. Side
Side
Chromium rich Mimetite with Cerussite.
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
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
 

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
 

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. 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
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. 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
 

EH48AC2: 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: 6.1 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.46” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.98”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Side
Side
Chromium-rich Mimetite on Cerussite. Top
Top
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) on Cerussite
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) on Cerussite. Front
Front
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) on Cerussite. Side
Side
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) on Cerussite  

HM380EE: Reticulated Cerussite aggregates with cyclic twins. The Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, are outlined by very fine and sharp elongated microcrystals of Mimetite with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been 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 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.57” × 1.42”

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”

Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) with Cerussite.
Mimetite (variety Chromium-rich) with Cerussite.
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
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 with Cerussite
 

MA70AI7: Aggregates of cyclic twins of Cerussite crystals, between laminar and tabular, that are finely bordered by very thin and prismatic-shaped Mimetite microcrystals with a very vivid orange-red color. These Mimetites have been analyzed and shown to be a rare chromium-rich variety. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓200 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (01/2015)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm = 3.43” × 1.89” × 1.73”

Fluorescent short UV
Chromium-rich Mimetite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Chromium-rich Mimetite with Cerussite. Top
Top
Chromium-rich Mimetite with Cerussite.

Zunyite from Bandar Abbas

Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite. Front
Front
Zunyite with Hematite. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NC57AJ2: Floater and complete Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum and fluor sorosilicate. The crystal, a tetrahedron beveled by the faces of the cube, has smooth and very well defined faces with a color between reddish and dark brown, with bright, laminar Hematite inclusions that make them different from the first Zunyite samples from Iran which arrived to the world of collectibles in Munich 2018.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2019, page 79
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (01/2019)

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

Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite  

TC280MV: Zunyite crystals, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride, on matrix. The crystals, tetrahedral and beveled by cube faces, have very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown, with lamellar Hematite inclusions, different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the world of collecting in Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

Zunyite with Hematite.
Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite. Front
Front
Zunyite with Hematite. Side
Side
 

MY77AM0: Floater pair of two Zunyite crystals, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride. These tetrahedral crystals, with edges beveled by cube faces, have well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown and lamellar Hematite inclusions, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the collecting world at Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.47”

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

Zunyite with Hematite
 

MR57AK9: Zunyite crystals, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, two of them dominant. The crystals, of good size, are tetrahedral with beveled edges, have very well defined and smooth faces, are reddish-brown in color and have scaly Hematite inclusions, which distinguishes it from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting in Munich 2018..
This specimen was photographed for the 'Munich 2019' section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 66 of number 1/2020
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

Zunyite with Hematite. Front
Front
Zunyite with Hematite. Rear
Rear
Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite. Zunyite with Hematite.
 

MX37AK6: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum fluoride and sorosilicate, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and bevelled by cube faces, has very defined and smooth reddish-brown faces, with dark lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting in Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.59” × 0.47”

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

Zunyite (triplet)

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EJA49AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Floater group of Zunyite crystals, a rare sorosilicate and fluoride of aluminum, that form interpenetration twins with the forms of a tetrahedron beveled by cube faces, very sharp and smooth, reddish to mauve in color.
The specimen comes from a modern find in the locality, which has already become a mineralogical classic.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (05/2022)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

Zunyite (triplet). Front
Front
Zunyite (triplet). Side
Side
Zunyite (triplet). Side
Side
Zunyite (triplet). Side
Side
Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite. Front
Front
Zunyite with Hematite. Rear
Rear
 

MM88AN0: Floater crystal of Zunyite, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride, tetrahedral and beveled by cube faces, of good size, has very well defined and smooth faces and a color between reddish and dark brown. With lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting at Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.87” × 0.75”

Zunyite with Hematite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MNX87AO5: Isolated Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, on a Hematite matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and beveled on the faces of the cube, has very well defined and smooth faces. With a color between reddish and dark brown and with lamellar Hematite inclusions, which distinguish it from the first Iranian zunyites found.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

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

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

Zunyite with Hematite. Front
Front
Zunyite with Hematite. Rear
Rear
Zunyite with Hematite. Side
Side
Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite.
Zunyite with Hematite  

TC200MQ: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and beveled by cube faces, has very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown, with lamellar inclusions of Hematite, different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the world of collecting in Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.14” × 0.87” × 0.51”

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

Zunyite with Hematite
 

ML49AK6: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum fluoride and sorosilicate, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and bevelled by cube faces, has very defined and smooth reddish-brown faces, with dark lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting in Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

Zunyite with Hematite. Zunyite with Hematite.
Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite. Zunyite with Hematite.
 

MK97AL8: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum fluoride-sorosilicate, on matrix. The tetrahedral crystal beveled by cube faces has very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown and scaly inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that reached the collecting world in 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.30” × 1.26” × 0.63”

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

Zunyite with Hematite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MJX7AP5: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, on matrix. This tetrahedral crystal, beveled by cube faces, has very well defined and smooth faces, varies in color between reddish and dark brown, and is included in a matrix very rich in lamellar Hematite crystals.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Zunyite with Hematite. Zunyite with Hematite.
Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite. Zunyite with Hematite.
 

MD93AL3: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum and fluorine sorosilicate, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral but beveled by cube faces, has very well defined and smooth faces, with a color between reddish and dark brown and with lamellar inclusions of Hematite which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that arrived in the collectors‘ world at Munich 2018.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Zunyite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 05/2020, page 9
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.54” × 1.06” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

Zunyite with Hematite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFG96AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, on matrix, isolated and very aerial, with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, beveled by cube faces, with good luster, between reddish and dark brown in color and with lamellar inclusions of Hematite.
The specimen comes from a modern find at the locality, which has already become a mineralogical classic.
This specimen has been photographed and published in the Bulletin ‘MiniBul A.G.A.B.’ on page 10 of number 1/2023
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (05/2022)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.55”

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

Zunyite with Hematite. Zunyite with Hematite.
Zunyite with Hematite
Zunyite with Hematite. Zunyite with Hematite.
 

MV87AK6: Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum fluoride and sorosilicate, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral and bevelled by cube faces, has very defined and smooth reddish-brown faces, with dark lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting in Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.9 × 1.3 cm = 1.73” × 1.54” × 0.51”

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

Zunyite with Hematite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MG38AM3: Zunyite, a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride, on matrix. One of the dominant crystals, tetrahedral and beveled by cube faces, with very well defined and smooth faces, a color between reddish and dark brown and with lamellar inclusions of Hematite, which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting at Munich 2018.
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province  Iran (07/2019)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.50” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

Zunyite with Hematite. Front
Front
Zunyite with Hematite. Side
Side
Zunyite with Hematite.

Other localities

Willemite after Descloizite and Mimetite
Willemite after Descloizite and Mimetite. Willemite after Descloizite and Mimetite.
 

MD86AC9: A novelty at Munich 2015. Dendritic growths of Willemite after Descloizite that, as a novelty, have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.69” × 1.38” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

Fluorescent short UV
Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite and Calcite
 

MJ67AF0: Arborescent growths of Willemite crystals pseudomorphous after Descloizite that have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.24” × 1.89” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.67”

Fluorescent short UV
Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite and Calcite. Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite and Calcite.
Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite
Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite. Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite.
 

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

Specimen size: 6 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.54” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

Mimetite fluorescent short UV
Wulfenite
 

MQ62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.39” × 0.28”

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

Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Side
Side
Wulfenite
Wulfenite.
 

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

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.43” × 0.12”

Wulfenite
 

MZ62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, very lustrous and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.47” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Side
Side
Wulfenite
Wulfenite.
 

MR62AL4: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, very rich in crystal forms, translucent, with very good luster and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.51” × 0.43” × 0.20”

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

Wulfenite
 

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

Specimen size: 1.4 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.35” × 0.16”

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

Wulfenite.
Wulfenite
Wulfenite.
 

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

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.43” × 0.35”

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

Wulfenite
 

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

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.55” × 0.51” × 0.35”

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

Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite
Wulfenite.
 

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

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.55” × 0.24”

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

Wulfenite
 

MF6AC5: Aggregate of two tabular crystals. They are translucent, very bright, have an extraordinarily vivid and intense red color and are on a small matrix.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.43” × 0.28”

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

Wulfenite. Front
Front
Wulfenite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite
Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
 

MG88AL3: Group of highly profiled lamellar crystals of Wulfenite on matrix, very rich in crystalline forms, translucent, very bright and with an extremely vivid and intense red color.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (1966)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 1.02” × 0.83” × 0.43”

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

Linarite with Cerussite
 

EA97AL6: Groups of Linarite crystals between elongated and acicular, lustrous and with a vivid blue color, on matrix, with lattice twins of white Cerussite crystals. The latter are weakly fluorescent under shortwave UV light. One of the best samples that we know of the few that have come from Iran.
Chah Kharboze Mine, Chah Kharboze, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Cerussite minor fluorescence short UV
Linarite with Cerussite. Front
Front
Linarite with Cerussite. Rear
Rear
Linarite with Cerussite.
Mimetite with Calcite
Mimetite with Calcite. Front
Front
Mimetite with Calcite. Side
Side
Mimetite with Calcite.
 

TE57AE7: Very sharp Mimetite crystals that are mostly tabular, with a yellowish-orange color, translucent, extraordinarily bright and on a matrix of white Calcite crystals.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.14” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

Mimetite
 

TA87AD4: Aggregate, on matrix, of thick tabular Mimetite crystals, many of them doubly terminated. They have a bright lemon yellow color with slightly orange shades. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 0.91”

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

Mimetite. Mimetite.
Mimetite with Calcite
Mimetite with Calcite. Mimetite with Calcite.
 

TP96AL3: Very sharp tabular crystals, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, bright, with an intense yellow color and on matrix.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.9 × 1.9 cm = 2.36” × 2.32” × 0.75”

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

Mimetite
 

TB88AD4: Aggregate, on matrix, of thick tabular Mimetite crystals, many of them doubly terminated. They have a bright lemon yellow color with slightly orange shades. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 2.52” × 2.17” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

Mimetite. Front
Front
Mimetite. Top
Top
Mimetite
Mimetite. Mimetite.
 

TC50AD4: Aggregate, on matrix, of thick tabular Mimetite crystals, many of them doubly terminated. They have a bright lemon yellow color with slightly orange shades. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.83” × 2.44” × 1.69”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid)
 

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

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.38” × 0.94”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid). Andradite (variety demantoid).
Andradite (variety demantoid).
Andradite (variety demantoid)
Andradite (variety demantoid). Andradite (variety demantoid).

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NGT67AO3: Andradite crystals (demantoid variety) with very well defined trapezohedron and rhombododecahedron forms, translucent, with a bright luster and an intense and deep green color, on matrix. Worth noting is its abundance of crystals since these Iranian demantoids usually occur as isolated crystals.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.36” × 1.65” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside
 

EF99AH9: Parallel growth of two Andradite (demantoid variety) crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very large compared with the known samples, having the very well defined forms of the trapezohedron and the dodecahedron, with a very intense deep green color and on matrix.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran (2017)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.38” × 0.67”

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside.
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside.
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside.
 

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

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 1.06”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside
 

TQ76AD9: Andradite (demantoid variety) crystals that are distinctly isolated. They display very well defined trapezohedral and dodecahedral forms and they are bright, and have a very intense and deep green color.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran (03/2016)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.40” × 1.73” × 1.26”

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

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside.
Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite
Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite. Willemite after Descloizite with Mimetite.
 

MC60AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Arborescent growths of Willemite crystal pseudomorphous after Descloizite that, as a novelty, have partial coatings of small barrel-shaped Mimetite crystals with an intense reddish yellow color.
Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province  Iran (08/2015)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.6 × 7.4 cm = 3.86” × 2.99” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.4 cm = 1.69” × 1.34”

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside
 

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

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.83” × 1.85” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.59” × 0.47”

Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside.
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside
Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside. Andradite (variety demantoid) with Diopside.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TXB66AP9: Andradite crystals (demantoid variety) on matrix. One of them is clearly dominant and large, with very sharp trapezohedron and dodecahedron forms, translucent, lustrous, and of an intense deep green color. Also noteworthy is the abundance of crystals, since these Iranian demantoids usually occur as isolated crystals.
Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province  Iran

Specimen size: 8.6 × 8.3 × 4.2 cm = 3.39” × 3.27” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.46” × 1.10”

Analcime
 

EB16AF5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. A single trapezohedral crystal on a rocky matrix that is translucent, very bright and has very well defined faces and edges, with polycrystalline growths. The color, orange-red, is selectively distributed over some of it’s faces.
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province  Iran (2017)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.54” × 0.91” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

Analcime. Analcime.
Analcime
Analcime. Analcime.
 

ED13AF5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. A group, on a rocky matrix, of bright trapezohedral crystals that have very well defined faces and edges. The color, orange-red, is selectively distributed over some faces.
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province  Iran (2017)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.54” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

Analcime
 

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

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.17” × 2.01” × 0.87”

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

Analcime. Analcime.
Analcime
Analcime. Analcime.
 

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

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.2 × 4.3 cm = 2.24” × 1.65” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

Analcime
Analcime  

HM90EJ: Group of shiny trapezohedral crystals of Analcime, with very well defined faces and edges and on a rock matrix. The color, between white and reddish orange, is selectively distributed on some faces.
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province  Iran (90)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.73” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.59”

Analcime.
Analcime
Analcime. Analcime.
 

EM36AL3: Trapezohedral crystals of Analcime on matrix, translucent, very shiny, with very well defined faces and edges and whose color varies from pure white to intense and uniform orange-reddish.
Mount Kahovan, Moalleman, Qohab-e Rastaq, Amirabad District, Damghan, Torud Region, Semnan Province  Iran (2017)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.40” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”


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