Forsterite

  
Origin: Suppat Nala, above Dassu, Kohistan, Pakistan
Sample size: 17 x 9 x 15 mm
 
Origin: St. John's Island, Red Sea, Egypt
Sample size: 10 mm in height
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
Ex. Keith Hayes coll.
Peridot
Origin: Soppat, near Dassu, Kohistan, NWFP, Pakistan
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 1.2 cm (top), 4.9 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm (2nd/3rd row), 3.9 x 2.6 x 2 cm (4th row), 2.7 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm (5th/bottom row)
 
  
  
Origin: Pakistan
Ex. Alessandro Genazzani collection
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Origin: Gila County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm
 
  
Peridot
Origin: St. Johns Island, Egypt
Sample size: 1.5 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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