Danburite
Origin: Mogok, Burma
Ex. William Larson collection
Sample size: 2.1 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm (top), 2.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm (bottom)
These are the only blue danburite crystals that I have ever seen from any
locality. Truly the crystals themselves are colourless, but are included by
a rare amphibole called
magnesioriebeckite, for which this is the type locality.
Origin: Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 9.0 x 6.2 x 6.0 cm (top), 7.7 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm (2nd/3rd row), 8.8 x
7.0 x 4.8 cm (bottom)
Origin: Russell, New York, U.S.A.
Ex Sorbonne Museum collection
Sample size: 5.7 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Prismatic terminated crystals of danburite to 2 cm in length coated by
sparkling tiny micro crystals of
quartz.
Origin: San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosí,
Mexico
Ex. Scott and Ann Williams collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
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