Spessartine

Origin: Haramosh Mts., Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 
Origin: East Grant's Ridge, Cibola Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
  
Spessartine with quartz and albite
Origin: Shengus, Skardu, Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 5 x 5 x 5 cm
 
  
Spessartine on quartz
Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
Sample size: 7.7 x 5 x 5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

 
  
Spessartine with slightly smoky quartz on microcline, Ex. DeVito collection
Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
Sample size: 8 x 4 x 3 cm (top), 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Euhedral, deep red dodecahedral crystals to 11m on black (schorl) Tourmaline on Quartz matrix.
Origin: Mt. Rudolph, Lakeview Mountains, Riverside Co., California, United States
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 5 x 5 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Longchang, Guangdong, China
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Ruby Mountains, Chaffee, Colorado, United States
Ex. O'Donnell collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Erling collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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