Forsterite

  
  
Origin: Soppat, Manshera, Kohistan District, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
Sample size: 3 x 2.8 x 3.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Kilbourne Hole, near Deming, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.6 x 4.6 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Variety peridot
Origin: Mogok, Burma
Ex. William Larson collection
Sample size: 2.0 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
Variety peridot
Origin: Soppat (Sappat), Kohistan, NWFP, Pakistan
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm (top), 2.6 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm (2nd/bottom row), 4.2 x 3.5 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Variety peridot
Origin: Near Beijing, China
Sample size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm, 1.3 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm, 1.1 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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