Labradorite

Origin: Labrador, Canada
Sample size: 10 x 8 x 7 cm, one side sliced and polished to show the colours
 
Polished slice of labradorite
Origin: Madagascar
Sample size: 4.8 x 4.8 x 1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Schiller effect (magnified)
Origin: Labrador, Canada
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Labradorite var. spectrolite
Origin: Ylämaa, Finland
Sample size: 4.5 x 6 cm
 
Pieces of crystalline Labradorite; one side polished to display the labradorescence
Origin: Spain
Sample size: 3 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: St. Paul Island, Labrador, Canada
Sample size: 10 x 4 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Polishes specimen
Origin: Labrador, Canada
Sample size: 7 x 4 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
  
Origin: Ylämaa, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland
Sample size: 7.9 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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