Spessartine

  
Spessartine with minor schorl on albite
  
Spessartine on albite
  
Spessartine on albite with quartz
Origin: Shengus (Shingus), Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Sample size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm (top), 9 x 3 x 4.5 cm (2nd row), 4.5 x 3.5 x 6 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
This specimen of quartz and feldspar hosts over a dozen crystals of lustrous spessartine to 1.2 cm across. The crystals have dodecahedral and trapezohedral forms.
Origin: Shingus, Gilgit Division, Pakistan, Asia
Sample size: 5.4 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Tres Meninas Mine, Penha do Norte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 1.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Yun Xiao Mine, Yunshao County, Fujian Province, China
Sample size: 13.3 x 6.4 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Spessartine with smoky quartz on albite
  
 
  
Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
Sample size: 21.8 x 19.0 x 8.3 cm (top), 9.0 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm (2nd row), 7.5 x 6.3 x 4.0 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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