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Kunzite (var. of spodumene) - Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field - Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Afghanistan
(#GM25048)
A floater of pale pink col,ored crystal of kuinzite, a variety of spodumene.
It's typical from this Afghan locality.
Specimen weight:66 gr.
Crystal size:--
 Overall size:66mm x 33 mm x 23 mm
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Phlogopite - Koksha Valley - Badakashan Province - Afghanistan
(#MINS9077)
Orange-brown Phlogopite crystals up to 1,0 cm long , mostly clear, on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 1,0 cm
Overall size:58mm x 38 mm x 22 mm
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Chondrodite - Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
(#MINS9079)
Dark red complex terminated crystal of Chondrodite 1,6 cm wide on minor matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:1,6 cm wide
Overall size:16mm x 11 mm x 23 mm
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Elbaite on Quartz - Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
(#BALD0751)
Wonderful Elbaite's crystal, with color from pink (at the base) to light green (on the top), well terminated, translucent and gemmy, implanted on a Quartz's crystal. With two cuts, on the base and on one side, that are not so visible.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:13 mm
Overall size:64mm x 41 mm x 38 mm
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Kunzite (var. of spodumene) - Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite field - Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Afghanistan
(#GM22026)
Excellent big floater of kunzite, without matrix.
It has a nice pink color, is good terminated and is completely transparent.
A high quality specimen !
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:122mm x 37 mm x 5 mm
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Lazurite, pyrite and chondrodite - Sar-e-Sang distr. - Koksha valley - Badakhshan prov. - Afghanistan
(#GM21063)
A big, dark blue colored crystal of lazurite is scattered out the whitish matrix of marble.
Some areas of it have an electric blue color.
Ther are some little, golden colored crystals of pyrite and some others of chondrodite ...
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25 x 22
Overall size:50mm x 32 mm x 53 mm
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Owner : GMineral (Voghera - Italy) 