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You Searched For : Ruby Corundum Fluorescent Jagdalek Kabul Afghanistan [0,0,0]
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Kutnohorite with Manganoan Calcite, N'Chwaning III mine, KMF, North Cape Province, South Africa
(#MINS9229)
Very nice kutnohorite crystals with pink fluorescent manganoan calcite.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
 Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Fluorapatite - Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
(#MINS9199)
Cluster of very nice lavender Fluorapatite crystals up to 1,6 cm wide without matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 cm wide
Overall size:33mm x 27 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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Spinel - Pamir - Tajikistan
(#GM24060)
Some large black spinels are stunning on the surface of this specimen: one is perfectly formed and intact, the others are not.
The original tag lists the provenance as CIS ...
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. S-70.
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 22
Overall size:43mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Corundum (Ruby) - Zazafotsy, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar
(#BALD0782)
Wonderful, biterminated Ruby variety Corundum's 39 mm crystal, showing a red color with blue shade (Sapphire), well evident on the rich in mica matrix. Interesting sample, intensely fluorescent under the UV light. Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:282 gr.
Crystal size:39 mm
Overall size:60mm x 62 mm x 56 mm
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Selenite - Alabaster quarries, Fuentes de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
(#BALD0753)
Extremely transparent Selenite's crystals up to 30 mm are scattered on a matrix of massive gypsum/alabaster, that has a cut at the base. The Selenite's crystals coming from this locality are considered among the best in the world. Aesthetic...
Specimen weight:726 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 30 mm
Overall size:111mm x 100 mm x 103 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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Vorobyevite –Diba-Darra - Deo Darrah - Kuran Wa Munjan Distr. - Badakshan – Afghanistan
(#GM22065)
Numerous azur crystals of vorobyevite are seeded over the surface of this big crystal of quartz.
It's a variety of beryl, an alkali-beryl
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:80mm x 58 mm x 30 mm
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Hackmanite (var. of sodalite) - Koksha valley - Badakshan prov. - Afghanistan
(#MINS8590)
Specimen with Hackmanite crystal 3,0 cm tall on bulky quartz matrix. Strong fluorescen of UV.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:3,0 cm tall
Overall size:47mm x 36 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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