Mineral Specimens - page 15
Asia (excl. China) - Australia

MZ14V0: Two groups of Cavansite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, forming a bow on a floater rhombohedral crystal of Calcite, yellow and translucent. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.5” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

MX76V0: Group of very sharp crystals of Cavansite with a very intense color and luster and some of them doubly terminated, with four rhombohedral crystals of Calcite, transparent and with a clear yellow color. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

MY27V0: Floater spheroidal aggregate of Cavansite crystals with a very intense color and luster, with four very acute rhombohedral crystals of Calcite that are transparent, with vivid yellow color. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

MM16S7: Very well defined spherical growth of small dipyramidal crystals of Cavansite, on a matrix of basalt coated by crystals of Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.3” × 3.1” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

TB56S9: Centered growths of very thin and elongated, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges and excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with white crystals of Heulandite and Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 1.3”

MK67P9: Growths of very thin, almost acicular, crystals of Pentagonite. The group, of excellent deep color, is implanted on a matrix very rich in Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 4.4 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.1”

ML27S9: Centered growths of very thin and elongated, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges and excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with small crystals of Stilbite.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.1”

MD97T2: Typical radial aggregate of this find, with crystals formed by the prism and the pinacoid, very bright and with a diffuse color zoning, green at the base and colorless on the termination, with white bow-tie crystals of Stilbite, and on basalt matrix.
Momim Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra  India (04-05/2004)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7.6 × 4.4 cm = 4.3” × 3.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

MA86P6: A novelty in Munich 2009. Clear green crystals, very transparent and bright, with the prism more elongated than usual and with groups of white crystals of Stilbite and on matrix. From a locality near Poona (Pune) not well known until recently.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 in number 2010/1
Hadapsar, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.7 × 4 cm = 3.3” × 3.0” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

MB46S9: Groups of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, of an unusually intense pink color, with globular growths of white acicular crystals of Scolecite and on a basaltic matrix.
Nasik, Maharashtra  India (±2002)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.5 × 3.4 cm = 3.3” × 3.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

MG9R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of sharp Heulandite crystals, an elongated crystal of Stilbite and white aggregates of Laumontite. (or elongated crystals of Stilbite, no photo)
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.2 × 2.6 cm = 3.5” × 2.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

MF12R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of sharp Heulandite crystals and white aggregates of Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.6” × 3.8” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.3”

MJ46R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of sharp Heulandite crystals, bow tie aggregates of Stilbite and white aggregates of Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 10 × 3.6 cm = 4.4” × 3.9” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.4”

TA86R9: Slightly globular (so called "mushroom") growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite with aggregates of Heulandite crystals at the base.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (2009)

Specimen size: 12 × 10.5 × 7.3 cm = 4.7” × 4.1” × 2.9”

ME11Q7: Spheroidal aggregate of yellowish acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of crystals of Heulandite partially coated by groups of white Stilbite and with Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6 ×  3.8 cm = 3.3” × 2.4” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”

MD10Q7: Spheroidal aggregate of yellowish acicular crystals of Mesolite on a matrix of crystals of Heulandite partially coated by groups of white Stilbite and with Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.2” × 0.9”

MB11P8: A novelty from Munich 2009. Very aerial yellowish globular growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a Heulandite matrix and with (analyzed) Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.1 × 5.7 cm = 2.5” × 2.4” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.1”

TC36D8: Celadonite is a massive unattractive mineral. The only time one can get good specimens of this species is when it is included in Indian Zeolites, giving them a characteristic green color. In this case it is included in Heulandite, very esthetic, with a doubly terminated crystal, a floater, undamaged, and with more brilliance than is typical. Rare and beautiful.
Jalgaon, Maharashtra  India (12/02)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.2 × 4.3 cm = 1.8” × 1.7” × 1.7”

MK61R9: A doubly terminated floater crystal, completely transparent, bright, slightly yellowish. Both terminations are excellent.
Karur District, Tamil Nadu  India (2010)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.3” × 0.2”

MD62R9: A doubly terminated floater crystal, completely transparent, bright, slightly yellowish. Both terminations are excellent.
Karur District, Tamil Nadu  India (2010)

Specimen size: 4 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.6” × 0.3” × 0.3”

EP73T8: An individual crystal of Pollucite of exceptional size, dodecahedral, with very well defined faces and edges, on an Albite matrix with small yellowish green crystals of Elbaite. A sample worthy of any great collection.
Paprok, Konar  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 11.3 × 9 × 9.5 cm = 4.4” × 3.5” × 3.7”

MD16L7: Doubly terminated Spodumene crystal with very sharp faces that is not so common for the species. Transparency and color are excellent. The matrix with Quartz and Albite makes an attractive display specimen.
Mawi pegmatite, Laghman, Nuristan  Afghanistan (±1990)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 4.2” × 1.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 10.7 × 4 cm = 4.2” × 1.6”

TR90E4: Two parallel crystal of Spodumene, which are floaters, doubly terminated, have good transparency, are of an unusual greenish yellow color, and have a particular feature: they are associated with and partially covered by small crystals of Fluorapatite, which has good color itself. The upper tips of the Spodumenes are very well defined.
Kunar Valley, Nuristan  Afghanistan (2003)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 4.8” × 1.3” × 1.1”

EH56T4: Floater sample with parallel growths of platy crystals of Quartz. Crystals are clear and the group shows a very visible faden growth between the first and the last crystals.
Wana, South Waziristan  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 14 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 5.5” × 1.8” × 1.3”

EA86S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Group of crystals, of pistachio green color, with very simple forms but with a very uncommon habit, the predominance of a very well developed frontal pinacoid that results in the crystal being really smooth. The crystals are bright and deep green, almost black.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta, Balochistan  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.9 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.2”

EF87T2: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Floater group of pistachio green color but with a very unusual habit, pseudo-octahedral, and with a feebly developed frontal pinacoid.
Raywoo Mine, Quetta, Balochistan  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm = 3.8” × 2.5” × 2.5”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 4.6 cm = 2.2” × 1.8”

MH66S9: Very sharp crystals of very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, bright and have a slightly pink color, being on a Quartz matrix with leafy aggregates of Muscovite.
Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.8 × 3.9 cm = 1.8” × 1.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

TN54Q7: A complete crystal of Quartz with multiple lower terminations and inclusions of acicular crystals of Astrophyllite plus fine isolated and grouped crystals of Schorl. A sharp translucent tabular crystal of Bastnäsite-(Ce) is esthetically positioned on the Quartz.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 10.8 × 7.8 cm = 4.8” × 4.3” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 9.2 × 8 cm = 3.6” × 3.1”

MB29N6: Cuboctahedral crystal with polycrystalline growths on its faces. It has an abundant variety of internal colors and a residual matrix of Muscovite.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 2.6” × 2.6” × 2.4”

MC85M9: Octahedral crystal with bevels that correspond to the rhombohedron faces. It is transparent, pale pink and it is implanted on a matrix very rich of Muscovite.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.8 × 3.1 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”

ML46M9: Group of crystals formed by an equilibrate growth of the cube and the octahedron that are beveled by the faces of a rhombohedron. The sample has two clearly differentiate coloration, pale green and pale pink.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 1.6”

MG99K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. Group of complex crystals with domains of the faces of the cube and octahedron. The color is magnificent, very deep. The specimen has a small Muscovite matrix.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 2.6” × 2.4” × 1.8”

ME89K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. An octahedral crystal with cube faces. The pink color is deeper on the cube faces. It is on Muscovite matrix with small Schorl crystals.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

EP87K1: Parallel growth of two dipyramidal crystals with flat pinacoidal terminations. Their luster is very good and they are black with bluish reflections. On matrix, with small crystals of Quartz and Albite.
Pashine, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.3” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

EQ96K1: Very acute dipyramidal crystals of Anatase, some of them with flat terminations. Its luster is excellent and they are black with bluish reflections. They are on a matrix with small crystals of Quartz and Albite.
Pashine, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.6 × 2 cm = 2.3” × 2.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TV46J3: A group of prismatic, naturally broken and rehealed, crystals. They have abundant curvatures and crystalline fibrous shaped sutures. Crystals are doubly terminated, with very different terminations. On one of the tips appear well defined and bright rhombohedron faces, on the other it finishes with a flat rough pedion. The quarry from which the sample came is not well known and, probably it has been recently opened.
Chapu Quarry, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 3.5” × 1.2” × 1.3”

MR97T2: Stacked crystals of Beryl (Aquamarine) with simple forms, very bright and having a very intense sky blue color, with zoning stripes with showing slight changes of tones. On Albite matrix with Muscovite.
Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.3 × 5.3 cm = 3.2” × 2.5” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.3” × 0.9”

EX50T4: Transparent crystals of Beryl (Aquamarine), one of them clearly dominant, with a very uniform sky blue color and a very well marked color zoning parallel to the terminal face. It is on a matrix of leafy crystals of Muscovite with small crystals of Albite.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan  Pakistan (2009)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.6 × 5 cm = 3.2” × 2.6” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.8” × 1.1”

MG92S3: Doubly terminated crystal of Beryl (Aquamarine) with parallel growths and completely transparent areas. It has excellent luster and color, clear and uniform between sky blue and green, on matrix of Albite with associated crystals of Schorl.
Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 4.0” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 10.1 × 1.5 cm = 4.0” × 0.6”

MG67T2: Crystals of Beryl (Aquamarine), one of them partially doubly terminated, showing the pinacoid and complex dipyramidal forms on both terminations. They are very transparent and bright, with uniform blue color and with inclusions. On Albite matrix, with leafy aggregates of crystallized Muscovite.
Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.4”

EV21K3: Magnificent! This Aquamarine crystal is doubly terminated and complete with its upper part completely transparent and with growth channels and inclusions of Tourmaline (Schorl) on the lower. The terminations are very different. The main one, in which there is a small group of Albite, is formed by a transparent pinacoid and small pyramid faces, and the lower has an irregular pave due to recrystallization. The color is extraordinary as well as the transparency and luminosity.
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan  Pakistan (05/2005)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm = 5.0” × 1.4” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 11.9 × 3.5 cm = 4.7” × 1.4”

MR47K9: Well defined Brookite crystals, with excellent color, on a Quartz crystal matrix partially covered with small and well defined white Albite crystals.
Kharan Mountains, Baluchistan  Pakistan (05/2005)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.5 × 2.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.6” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.9 cm = 1.0” × 0.4”

MK17E9: The laminar crystals have great color and the Quartz that they sit on is well crystallized.
Pashine, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 3 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

EB37K6: Flattened, doubly terminated crystal of excellent color and luster on a matrix very rich in Quartz crystals. The side of the crystal seems broken but, as the detailed picture shows, it is complete, with echeloned growths that produce this effect.
Kharan Mountains, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

MA78E9: A crystal that stands upright on the matrix of Albite and Quartz. It is laminar, has good color and has well-defined edges.
Pashine, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.5 × 5 cm = 1.5” × 1.4” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

EJ76H8: The sample is really splendid, both for its crystallization and its esthetics. Crystals are tabular, elongated and have very well defined and sharp faces and edges. On the sample there are also some small Quartz crystals. With reflected light it is possible to observe, at the same time, translucency, color and the typical dark inclusions of some Brookites.
Kharan Mountains, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 5 × 3 × 3.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.2” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.8” × 0.6”

TC80E6: Large crystal of Spinel in which the octahedral form of the crystal is very visible, although the faces are not flat as there are many sub-faces due to parallel growth. It is a floater, but there is a contact on the rear. The color and brilliance are not bad but the best feature, without doubt, is its size. Really big!
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (1999)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 3.8 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 1.5”

ME67S7: Sharp octahedral crystal, very flattened, completely transparent, bright and with a very intense ruby red color, deep and uniform. It is on a matrix of white Calcite.
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (1999)

Specimen size: 2,9 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

MB14J5: Globular growth, almost botryoidal, uncommon for the species, on Calcite matrix. The color, between red and pink, is enhanced by the magnificent luster.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.4”

TF13E2: Small ‘buttons’ of Elbaite spread across the matrix, with some associated smoky Quartz.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

TG96E2: Brilliant spheres of Elbaite that stand out on the white matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TD96E2: Different from the others because of the color and the fact that it is Fluorescent, which is not the case with the others. The form is also different and the crystals stand out from the matrix.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

TJ27E2: This arborescent Elbaite is even more unusual than the others, as very few were found with this form.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

TB70H5: The crystallization is typical for this locality in Myanmar, shaped as a "mushroom" and with the particularity that shows two different shades of color, more intense near the base. At the base of the sample, and included within the Elbaite, there is a Schorl prism.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.5”

TC27E2: An arborescent Elbaite on Calcite with two colors: pink and deep red. An unusual specimen.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 3.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

TM28E2: This floater has good color and brilliance, and is also very esthetic.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

TP88E2: Very appealing with a lively color. One of the spheres of Elbaite is not complete (but it is re-crystallized) while the others are.
Palelni Mine, Khetchel, Molo, Momeik  Myanmar (2003-2004)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

ER7N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent sample of Johachidolite, among the best for this very rare borate. The crystals, with well defined faces and edges and orange color, are on a matrix rich in Sodalite (Hackmanite) and Muscovite.
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (2008)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.2 × 4.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

ED87N9: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent sample of Johachidolite, among the best for this very rare borate. The crystals, with well defined faces and edges and orange color, are on a matrix of Quartz with Muscovite.
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (2008)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

TM47N6: Parallel growth of doubly terminated crystals very different than usual for the locality, resembling Alpine pieces. Thick and neatly transparent, they have a very intense luster and have unidentified inclusions.
Ganesh Himal, Dhading, Bagmati  Nepal (2008)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.5 × 4.7 cm = 4.1” × 2.6” × 1.9”

TX68Q0: Group of crystals of very well defined faces and edges, very clear and of a beautiful blue color, with phantom growths and with groups of leafy crystals of Muscovite.
Kanchanjunga Mt., Taplejung  Nepal (06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.7” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.7” × 0.7”

MT46S3: Doubly terminated crystals on matrix, extraordinarily bright, transparent and with inclusions and color zoning, especially deep and intense.
Mooralla, Cavendish, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.4” × 1.1”

MJ98S1: Arborescent laminar growth in which some of its crystals have very well defined faces and edges because they are preserved between the main Gold growth and the Quartz matrix.
Ballarat, Victoria  Australia (±1985)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.3” × 0.6” × 0.8”