mineral general info

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine with fluorite and muscovite

Spessartine with smoky quartz and muscovite

Spessartine on albite

Spessartine with smoky quartz and fluorite

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China

Sample size: 7.0 x 4.5 x 2.1 cm (top), 7.0 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm (2nd row), 9.0 x 6.4 x 3.4 cm (3rd row), 18 x 13 x 4.2 cm (4th row), 6.2 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm (5th row), 10.9 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm (6th row), 8.2 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm (7th row), 19.7 x 12.2 x 4.3 cm (8th row), 5.5 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm (9th row), 9.8 x 8.1 x 3.3 cm (10th row), 3.7 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm (bottom)

Spessartine with schorl in quartz

Origin: Audrey Lynn Claims, nr. Anza, Riverside Co., California, U.S.A.

Ex. Tim Sherburn and Chris Korpi collection

Sample size: 3.5 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm

Spessartine on orthoclase

Origin: Pech, Nooristan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 6.2 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm

Spessartine on aquamarine

Origin: Skardu Road, Gilgit, Pakistan

Ex. Irv Brown collection

Sample size: 1.9 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm

Spessartine on feldspar matrix along with gray muscovite books

Spessartine with fluorite and muscovite

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine on feldspar

Spessartine on smoky quartz

Origin: Tongbei Area, Yunxiao (Yunling), Zhangzhou area, Fujian Province, China

Sample size: 8.2 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm (top), 16.4 x 11.0 x 3.5 cm (2nd row), 6.3 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm (3rd row), 3.6 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm (4th/5th row), 3.3 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm (6th row), 11.4 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm (7th row), 11.4 x 7.9 x 2.9 cm (8th row), 4.4 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm (9th row), 19.4 x 17.6 x 9.0 cm (bottom)

Spessartine with quartz, albite and muscovite

Origin: Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Pakistan

Sample size: 2.8 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm

Origin: Seydar, Ho Nala, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm

Spessartine with quartz

Origin: Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian Province, China

Sample size: 3.4 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm

Spessartine on albite

Origin: Little 3 Mine, near Ramona, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.
Ex. Kevin Brown collection

Sample size: 3.4 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm (top), 7.2 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm (bottom)

Spessartine and quartz on albite. Ex. Steve Smale collection

Spessartine with quartz, muscovite and albite

Origin: Shigar Valley, Skardu Road, Gilgit, Pakistan

Sample size: 5.4 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (top),

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine on smoky quartz

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine with smoky quartz and fluorite

Spessartine on smoky quartz

Spessartine on/with smoky quartz

Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province China

Sample size: 7.1 x 3.9 x 2.0 cm (top), 13.4 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm (2nd row), 8.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm (3rd row), 6.2 x 5.4 x 2.9 cm (4th row), 8.6 x 8.4 x 7.2 cm (5th row), 5.0 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (6th row), 13.8 x 11.3 x 6.6 cm (7th row), 9.4 x 7.0 x 2.9 cm (8th row), 10.8 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm (9th row), 20.3 x 14.9 x 8.2 cm (10th row), 31 x 19 x 6.6 cm (bottom)

Spessartine on cleavelandite

Origin: Shengus,Skardu, Gilgit, Pakistan

Sample size: 2.4 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm

Origin: Tsaratanana, Madagascar

Ex. Gary Hansen collection

Sample size: 18.1 x 13.2 x 9.6 cm

Spessartine on albite

Origin: Navigador Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 7.7 x 7.4 x 4.6 cm

Spessartine on quartz

Origin: Marienfluss, Namibia

Ex. Charlie Key collection

Sample size: 3.8 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm

Origin: Navegador Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex. Marty Lewadny collection

Sample size: 4.7 x 1.6 x .6 cm

Spessartine on galena

Origin: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Ex. Marty Lewadny collection

Sample size: 4.2 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine on smoky quartz

Spessartine with smoky quartz and greenish muscovite on feldspar matrix

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Origin: Tongbei Area, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China

Sample size: 18.8 x 14.6 x 6.5 cm (top), 4.8 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm (2nd row), 14.2 x 8.6 x 4.6 cm (3rd row), 12.3 x 7.9 x 4.4 cm (4th row), 4.6 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm (5th row), 6.0 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm (6th row), 5.3 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm (7th row), 4.9 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm (8th row), 6.8 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm (9th row), 10.9 x 10.3 x 3.3 cm (bottom)

Origin: Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 5.4 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm

Spessartine on feldspar

Origin: Shengus, Skardu Road, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 5.6 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm (top), 3.1 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm (bottom)

Origin: Thomas Range, Utah, U.S.A.

Ex. Charlie Key collection

Sample size: 2.8 x 2.8 x 2 cm

Spessartine on albite

Origin: Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Ex. Wendell Wilson collection

Sample size: 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm (top), 2.3 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm (bottom)

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine with smoky quartz and fluorite

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine with fluorite

Spessartine on smoky quartz

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China

Sample size: 12.0 x 9.1 x 4.9 cm (top), 6.1 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm (2nd row), 3.6 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm (3rd row), 6.2 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm (4th row), 12.5 x 7.4 x 2.5 cm (5th row), 12.1 x 7.8 x 3.2 cm (6th row), 5.9 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm (7th row), 5.9 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm (8th row), 6.0 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm (9th row), 13.8 x 12.9 x 4.2 cm (bottom)

Origin: Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

Ex. Carl Davis collection

Sample size: 1.7 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm

Origin: Aquarius Mts., Mohave Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.9 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm

Spessartine with quartz and muscovite

Origin: Shigar, Baltistan, Pakistan

Sample size: 7.7 x 7.0 x 4.5 cm

Spessartine on smoky quartz

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine with some gray muscovite

Spessartine on smoky quartz

Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China

Sample size: 10.1 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm (top), 5.6 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm (2nd row), 4.3 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm (3rd row), 10.8 x 7.7 x 2.9 cm (4th row), 8.0 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm (5th row), 4.9 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm (bottom)

Origin: Lechang, Guangdong Province, China

Sample size: 10.5 x 8.6 x 2.6 cm

Spessartine on microcline

Origin: Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 2.2 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm

Spessartine with smoky quartz on microcline with minor muscovite

Spessartine with smoky quartz on microcline

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Spessartine with smoky quartz. Ex. Brian Scholten collection

Spessartine with smoky quartz

Origin: Tongbei, Yunxiao (Yunling), Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China

Sample size: 7.6 x 4.5 x 1.9 cm (top), 7.6 x 4.5 x 1.9 cm (2nd row), 5 x 5.2 x 1.1 cm (3rd row), 38 mm in height (4th row), 7 x 4.5 x 6 cm (5th row), 5.8 x 2.3 x 6.4 cm (6th row), 13.3 x 8.7 x 6.1 cm (bottom)

Spessartine with aquamarine on albite

Origin: Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 3.6 x 1.6 x 3.8 cm

A terminated undamaged lustrous black schorl crystal measuring 14 x 11 x 37 mm in size, the base studded with colorless translucent crystals of quartz to 31 mm in size. Near the schorl termination is a lustrous beautiful deep red spessartine crystal measuring 17 x 13 x 16 mm in size. A small colorless opaque fluorapatite crystal measuring 9 x 5 x 6 mm in size is set directly below the spessartine.

Origin: Dassu, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 23 x 19 x 42 mm

Origin: Lacle, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex. Don Belsher collection

Sample size: 18 x 15 x 15 mm

Spessartine/almandine

Origin: Sahanivotry Commune, Antsirabe 2 Department, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Sample size: 26 x 25 x 13 mm

Spessartine with albite

Origin: Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 7 x 5 x 5 cm (top), 6.9 x 5.3 x 5.7 cm (bottom)

Origin: Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Ex. Scott Williams collection

Sample size: 4.2 x 3.4 x 4 cm

Spessartine on albite

Origin: Gilgit, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Ex. Scott Williams collection

Sample size: 4.6 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

Spessartine on quartz

Origin: Navegador Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 4.5 x 3.9 x 3 cm

Spessartine with a small amount of albite

Origin: Seydar, Ho Nala, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan

Sample size: 1.8 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm

Spessartine on muscovite

Origin: Shingus, Gilgit, Pakistan

Sample size: 4.7 x 3.8 x 3 cm

Spessartine on rhyolite matrix

Origin: Garnet Hill, near Ely, White Pine Co., Nevada, Southwest U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 4.3 x 3 cm (top), 6.5 x 4.9 x 2 cm (2nd row), 4.7 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm (3rd row), 5.7 x 5.1 x 2.3 cm (4th row), 6.6 x 5 x 4.1 cm (5th row), 7.8 x 7.6 x 4.7 cm (6th row), 11.7 x 8 x 5.5 cm (7th row), 8.3 x 8 x 5.8 cm (8th row), 8.7 x 6.6 x 5.7 cm (9th row), 9.4 x 6.4 x 6.1 cm (bottom)

Spessartine on rhyolite matrix

Origin: Garnet Hill, near Ely, White Pine Co., Nevada, Southwest U.S.A.

Sample size: 8 x 7.1 x 6.5 cm (top), 8.1 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm (2nd row), 5 x 4 x 3 cm (3rd row), 8 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm (4th row), 3.9 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm (5th row), 5.1 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm (6th row), 8.5 x 4 x 2.7 cm (7th row), 6.8 x 6.6 x 3.3 cm (8th row), 7.6 x 6.7 x 3.6 cm (9th row), 5.8 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm (bottom)

Spessartine on rhyolite matrix

Origin: Garnet Hill, near Ely, White Pine Co., Nevada, Southwest U.S.A.

Sample size: 9.3 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm (top), 8.7 x 8.2 x 4.4 cm (2nd row), 5.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm (3rd row), 6.3 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm (4th row), 7.3 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm (bottom)

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

Origin: Garnet Hill, White Pine Co., Nevada, United States

Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm (top), 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm (2nd row), 5 x 4 x 5 cm (3rd row), 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm (4th row), 10 x 7 x 8 cm (5th row), 8 x 7 x 5 cm (6th row), 8 x 6 x 5 cm (7th row), 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm (bottom)

Photo courtesy of:

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals