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You Searched For : Fluornatromicrolite Topaz Albite Muscovite Shigar Skardu Gilgit Pakistan [0,0,0]
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Spinel - Aliabad marbles, Aliabad, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9222)
Deep blue Spinel octahedron crystals up to 6 mm on white Calcite matrix.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
 Overall size:37mm x 26 mm x 26 mm
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Fluorite - Aiguille Verte, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#MINS9207)
This specimen offer very nice pink fluorite xls up to 4 mm on albite matrix with smoky quartz in associaton.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 27 mm
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Fluorite - Aiguille Verte, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#MINS9216)
This specimen offer very nice pink fluorite xls up to 3 mm on albite matrix.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:36mm x 34 mm x 21 mm
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Vesuvianite - Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
(#MINS9204)
Cluster of bright "root beer" Vesuvianite xls up to 1,8 cm long set on rodingite matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,8 cm long
Overall size:44mm x 22 mm x 30 mm
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Quartz var. Faden Growth - Dara Ismael Khan District . Waziristan - Pakistan
(#MINS7543)
Cluster of transparent colorless quartz crystals in parallel faden-growth up to 3,3 cm tall.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4,5 cm x 2 cm
Overall size:35mm x 70 mm x 34 mm
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Tourmaline var. Elbaite and Quartz - Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9193)
Cluster of green Elbaite xls up to 3,6 cm tall fully terminated with clear biterminated quartz crystal 4,7 cm wide. Showy.
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,6 cm tall
Overall size:43mm x 47 mm x 55 mm
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Guimarãesite with Childrenite,/Eosphorite - Piauí valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (TL)
(#MINS9150)
Specimen with Guimarãesite (TL) xls and Eeosphorite/Childrenite up to 1,2 cm in association on albite matrix.Very interesting combo- Former S.Maggia collection.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:36mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
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Fuchsite - Jacobina Gold District - Bahia - Brazil
(#GMA26002)
The surface of the specimen is almost completely covered with dark green fuchsite flakes.
It is also partially crystallized on the reverse side.
Fuchsite is a greenish, Cr-bearing variety of muscovite
Specimen weight:183 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:80mm x 67 mm x 41 mm
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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9141)
Salmon-pink color vayrynenite crystal 1,4 cm tall from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:1,4 cm tall
Overall size:3mm x 1 mm x 14 mm
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Fluorapatite - Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
(#MINS9126)
Sample with well-exposed hexagonal crystals of fluorapatite on matrix with muscovite and quartz xls in association. The crystals has a very good luster and a green color.
Specimen weight:78 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm wide
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 33 mm
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Scheelite on Muscovite - Pingwu beryl mine (Huya W-Sn-Be deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be deposit), Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
(#MINS9092)
Marvelous orange-yellow Scheelite's crystal, very glossy, nicely standing out on the Muscovite's matrix. The sample is very nice, in excellent conditions, and it's natural, absolutely not oiled.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 24 mm
Overall size:68mm x 58 mm x 35 mm
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Amazonite (var. of microcline) – Tingir Distr. - Gilgit-Baltistan – Pakistan
(#GM25023)
Large but not well formed green crystal of amazonite, a variety of microcline.
On the crystal there are dark and massive traces of smoky quartz and schorl.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:55mm x 37 mm x 40 mm
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Titanite - Tormiq valley - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM25013)
Several transparent, brilliant and brown coloured crystals of titanite are spread all over the white surface of this specimen for a strong contrast.
Specimen weight:105 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 9
Overall size:78mm x 57 mm x 30 mm
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Topazolite - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12493_TOPA_DANI)
Very nice, classic yellow-green topazolite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:523 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:110mm x 85 mm x 55 mm
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Zircon and biotite - Astor - Astor Valley - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#MINS9076)
A brown-reddish colored, well shaped crystals of Zircon up to 9 mm are set on matrix rich of biotite.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm
Overall size:38mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Epidote - Tormiq valley - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM24107)
A jemmy floater of epidote !
It's an aggregate of transparent crystals of epidote, without matrix.
The crystals are up to 37 mm long, have a beautiful dark green color with yellow reflections and ...
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 37
Overall size:52mm x 19 mm x 7 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Zagi Mountain - Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri - Peshawar Distr. - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov. - Pakistan
(#GM24088)
A floater of bastnäsite-(Ce) from a classic locality from Pakistan.
It has the typical brown color, with orange-yellow reflections.
It's brilliant and well defined ...
Specimen weight:7 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:16mm x 12 mm x 12 mm
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Epidote and calcite - Tormiq Valley - Pakistan
(#GM24086)
A big epidote crystal (28 mm.) is clearly visible on the surface of this cluster.
It is surrounded by numerous other smaller epidotes and white areas with calcite crystals ...
Specimen weight:760 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:100mm x 90 mm x 70 mm
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Pezzottaite - Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (TL)
(#MINS9045)
Pezzottaite hexagonal xls up to 3 mm long with good color with tourmaline in association on albite matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:37mm x 12 mm x 36 mm
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Microcline var. Amazonite - Crystal Peak area, Park and Teller Cos., Colorado, USA
(#MINS9001)
Nice blue amazonite crystal 2,3 cm tall, fully terminated on with albite in association.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,3 cm tall
Overall size:53mm x 27 mm x 38 mm
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Microlite on Albite - Ipè Mine - Governador Valadares - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#MINS9008)
Cluster of orange octahedric also with corners modified by trapezohedron Microlite crystals up to 2.5 mm set on white contrasting Albite. A nice sample of this rare specie.Showy.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 27 mm x 23 mm
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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9004)
Beautiful, rich salmon-pink color and high luster on this gem vayrynenite crystal from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm wide
Overall size:8mm x 3 mm x 7 mm
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Brucite - Killa Saifullah, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9012)
Yellow botryoidal brucite aggregates of high luster sporting some quite well defined crystal faces and edges.
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:47mm x 30 mm x 15 mm
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Beryl - Nagar mine – Hunza Valley - Gilgit Distr. - Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM24047)
A large, semi-transparent crystal of beryl is stunnong on the matrix of this specimen.
The top is perfectly terminated, the bottom has some parallel growth.
Other small crystals are ...
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 41
Overall size:48mm x 32 mm x 53 mm
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Pargasite - Aliabad marbles, Aliabad, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS8907)
Green crystals of Pargasite up to 7 mm are scattering out of the white matrix of marble. The green colour is in strong contrast with the white of the matrix.Orange phlogopite in association.
Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:43mm x 42 mm x 24 mm
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Hydroxylherderite - Dassu, Braldu valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS8880)
Glassy green Herderite crystals on minor matrix in fine condition. The crystals shows sharp edge modifications and striated faces. From a find in 2005, the crystal here is 2,1 cm in diameter and transparent to translucent.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,1 cm wide
Overall size:35mm x 27 mm x 25 mm
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Pollucite - Skardu Area - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM24012)
An aggregate completely made up of pollucite crystals, to a small extent covered by a white patina of carbonates.
The crystals are well formed and visible, colorless and have an almost glassy appearance ...
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:34mm x 28 mm x 26 mm
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Topaz on Feldspar - Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#BALD0790)
Nice group of Topaz's crystals, with amber zoning, are implanted on a Feldspar matrix. The crystals are shiny, translucent and well formed. Sample in very good conditions, photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:458 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 20 mm
Overall size:95mm x 59 mm x 75 mm
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Titanite with Ferro-Actinolite - Mulla Ghori, Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
(#BALD0785)
Wonderful Titanite's crystals, the biggest is 28 mm, gemmy, very glossy and well formed, with a marvelous intense yellow color and well evident on the matrix, are accompanied by a carpet of dark Ferro-Actinolite's crystals. Very nice sample, in…
Specimen weight:285 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 28 mm
Overall size:78mm x 71 mm x 55 mm
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Pseudobrookite with Topaz- Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS8824)
Very nice jet black pseudobrookite xls up to 7 mm with topaz in association on rhiolite matrix.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm wide
Overall size:48mm x 38 mm x 23 mm
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Apatite with Muscovite - Skardu Area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS8707)
Fully terminated pinkish Apatite crystal 2,4 cm tall set on pegmatite matrix with muscovite in association.
Specimen weight:300 gr.
Crystal size:2,4 cm tall
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 60 mm
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Anatase - Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
(#BALD0773)
Very numerous Anatase's crystals up to 9 mm, with steel gray color, shiny and well formed, are scattered on the matrix, on which stand out with a very good chromatic contrast. There are crystals also on the rear side of the sample. Nice...
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 25 mm
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Hydroxylherderite - Dassu, Braldu valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#11536_HYDR_DANI)
Very nice large well shaped light green hydroxylherderite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm on edge
Overall size:20mm x 27 mm x 18 mm
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Brucite - Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
(#BALD0731)
Aesthetic sample of Brucite, formed by a botroidal aggregate of crystals very thickened between them, with a nice lemon-yellow color, translucent, crystallized on both sides. From a 2016 finding.
Specimen weight:66 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:84mm x 62 mm x 28 mm
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Hematite on Albite - Fibbia, Fontana, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
(#BALD0721)
Nice group of Hematite's crystals, up to 10 mm, very shiny, implanted on a carpet of Albite's crystals up to 16 mm, green for Chlorite (?) inclusions. An Alpine classic.
Specimen weight:218 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:67mm x 70 mm x 70 mm
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Andradite, var. Topazolite - Antetezambato Demantoid-Topazolite Mine, Antetezambato (Tetezambato), Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Diana Region (Northern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
(#BALD0717)
Cluster of glossy Topazolite's crystals. The color is like cognac with warm light, and brown-olive with cool light (between Topazolite and Demantoid). The crystals stand out well on the metamorphosed limestone's matrix.
Specimen weight:165 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:77mm x 62 mm x 25 mm
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Topaz - Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#MINS8425)
Radiating groups of long clear prismatic Topaz crystals in the cavity of a clay xenolith. Ex coll. Francesco Bedognè.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:35mm x 21 mm x 19 mm
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Hematite & Albite - Arbola Glacier, Sabbione, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#FERR1532)
This is a classic alpine floater, with a shiny group of Hematite "ironrose" set atop a cluster of Albite in pearl white translucent crystals, well shaped and mostly double terminated.
Showy!
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Topazolite - Poggio Corbolone, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1487)
Specimen featuring a rich array of rombododecahedral xls of yellowish Andradite var. Topazolite.
Not big as the specimens form the most known lacalities in the Alps, but very clean and lustruous.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 40 mm
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Epidote - Tormiq valley (Tormic; Tormik; Tormig; Turmiq), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#BALD0704)
This nice sample shows sharp, glossy, gemmy, olive green crystals, with well defined faces and numerous twinnings. It shows also a slight pleochroism. In very good conditions.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 35 mm
Overall size:77mm x 25 mm x 48 mm
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Axinite-Fe - Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
(#BALD0608)
Numerous Axinite-Fe's crystals, translucent and partially gemmy, very lustrous. There are some little ruptures, that don't deface the sample.
Specimen weight:133 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 28 mm
Overall size:75mm x 69 mm x 45 mm
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Andradite var. Demantoid - Antetezambato Demantoid-Topazolite Mine, Antetezambato (Tetezambato), Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Diana Region (Northern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
(#BALD0597)
Nice group of glossy, gemmy Demantoid's crystals, with complex habit. One crystal has an irregular accretion, having been covered by a thin layer of matrix, but it's not damaged.
Specimen weight:164 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 11 mm
Overall size:71mm x 60 mm x 52 mm
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Beryllonite - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM17097)
A thumbnail of this sodium, beryllium phosphate with a classic crystallization.
It's a floater, no matrix.
The weight of the crystal is 8 gr.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 18
Overall size:18mm x 11 mm x 11 mm
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Hyalophane and siderite - Zagradski Potok mine - Zagradski Creek - Busovaca - Zenica-Doboj Canton - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (with VIDEO !)
(#GM17090)
Fantastic specimen of this variety af albite, that has the typical 'knee' crystallization.
The main crystals are almost transparent and of gem quality ...
Specimen weight:660 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:105mm x 93 mm x 43 mm
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Smoky Quartz, Orthoclase, Albite - Baveno Quarry, Province of Verbania, Piemonte, Italy
(#FERR0317)
Classic cluster featuring several prismatic xls of Quartz, slightly smoky, set upon a bed of pinkish xls of Orthoclase and of Albite.
Oldtimer from one of the most known italian localities.
Specimen weight:274 gr.
Crystal size:to 4,3 cm
Overall size:9,1 x 8,4 x 4,4 cm
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