AMM0713 | |||||
Zircon | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.3x0.3cm | ||||
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with slightly rounded edges. No matrix. | |||||
fluorescent LW orange! | |||||
AMM0712 | |||||
Zircon | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.4x0.3cm | ||||
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with slightly rounded edges. No matrix. | |||||
fluorescent LW orange! | |||||
AMM0710 | |||||
Zircon | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.7x0.4cm | ||||
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with rounded edges. No matrix. | |||||
fluorescent LW orange! | |||||
AMM0711 | |||||
Zircon | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.3x0.3cm | ||||
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with rounded edges. No matrix. | |||||
fluorescent LW orange! | |||||
AMM1196 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.2x1.2x1.1cm | ||||
Gem spinel cluster, good color. Some corners damaged. Transparent with internal fractures and inclusions. | |||||
AMM0686 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.3x1.1x0.9cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, imperfectly developed. Extensive transparent areas. Although there are many internal fractures and inclusions, the x as a whole appears transparent. | |||||
fluorescent LW red | |||||
AMM0687 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1x0.7x0.6cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, imperfectly developed. Extensive transparent areas. Although there are many internal fractures and inclusions, the x as a whole appears transparent. | |||||
fluorescent LW red! | |||||
BMM0679 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4.2x2.6x1.3cm | 18g | |||
Several intensive red gem spinel xls in water rounded bluish calcite matrix. Some xls slightly, some considerably damaged in the sedimentation process. | |||||
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AMM0688 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.5x1.1x0.7cm | ||||
Gem spinel x cluster, imperfectly developed. Extensive transparent areas. Although there are many internal fractures and inclusions, the x as a whole appears transparent. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red | |||||
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AMM0693 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.6x0.5x0.3cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW red | |||||
AMM0694 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.5x0.5x0.3cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW red | |||||
AMM0695 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.7x0.6x0.6cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, octahedron with two missing corners. Transparent with internal fractures and inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red | |||||
AMM0697 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.6x0.4x0.4cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
AMM0698 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.4x0.4x0.3cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, one missing corner. Completely transparent. | |||||
AMM0699 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.4x0.3x0.2cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW red | |||||
AMM0709 | |||||
Zircon | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.5x0.4cm | ||||
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with slightly rounded edges. No matrix. | |||||
fluorescent LW orange! | |||||
AMM0724 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.5x1cm | ||||
Loose x, very slightly rounded edges (from alluvial deposit). | |||||
AMM0727 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.9x0.9cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0728 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1x0.9cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0733 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.1x0.9cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0734 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.6x0.8cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0735 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.2x0.8cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0737 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)Sakangyi (Sakangai) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.5x1.1cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0729 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.4x1cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0730 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.5x0.9cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0731 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.6x1.1cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0732 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.6x1.4cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0738 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.4x0.7x0.7cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
BMM0716 | |||||
Lazurite with Calcite | |||||
Dattaw, Mogok (Mogoke) area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.5x2x1cm | ||||
Almost entirely lazurite with occasional crystal faces. Pale blue calcite matrix. | |||||
AMM0726 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.6x1.2cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
AMM0755 | |||||
Corundum var Sapphire | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.9x1.7x1.5cm | 10g | |||
Single, crude x. the underside is polished. Some matrix attached. | |||||
BMM0772 | |||||
Tourmaline var Schoerl with Quartz | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3.7x3x2.7cm | 26g | |||
Parallel cluster of shiny black dravite intergrown with quartz x. Damages around the periphery, probably from alluvial action. | |||||
AMM1132 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.7x0.5x0.3cm | ||||
Ruby red macles twin, transparent with inclusions. Small damages at some corners. | |||||
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BMM1197 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3x1.8x1.8cm | ||||
Peculiar red and black "mushroom" tourmaline growing on rounded feldspar matrix. | |||||
BMM0680 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3x2.5x1.8cm | 20g | |||
Several intensive red gem spinel xls in water rounded bluish calcite matrix. Some xls slightly, some considerably damaged in the sedimentation process. | |||||
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AMM0692 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.7x1.1x0.6cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, imperfectly developed. Extensive transparent areas. Although there are many internal fractures and inclusions, the x as a whole appears transparent. | |||||
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AMM0701 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1x0.7x0.6cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Translucent with internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red | |||||
AMM0705 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.7x0.6x0.5cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red | |||||
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AMM0706 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.9x0.7x0.6cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, perfect twinned octahedron. Dark violet intransparent, corners translucent. | |||||
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AMM0756 | |||||
Corundum var Sapphire | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.9x0.9x0.8cm | ||||
Single, crude x. Traces of matrix. | |||||
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BMM1198 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.1x1.5x1.5cm | ||||
Peculiar red and black "mushroom" tourmaline. Smaller specimen with feldspar coated surface. | |||||
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BMM0771 | |||||
Tourmaline var Schoerl | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3.5x1.8x1.5cm | 13g | |||
Parallel cluster of shiny black dravite. Transparent brown in thin sections. | |||||
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AMM0690 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.1x1.1x0.9cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, imperfectly developed. Two intergrown octahedrons. Extensive transparent areas. Although there are many internal fractures and inclusions, the x as a whole appears transparent. | |||||
AMM0707 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.6x0.5x0.4cm | ||||
Gem spinel x cluster. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
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BMM0736 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2x1cm | ||||
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits. | |||||
BMM0743 | |||||
Albite with Muscovite, Phlogopite, Quartz | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4x4x3cm | 89g | |||
Typical pegmatite background association. Surprisingly hard to obtain because everything centers around gemstones in the Mogok area! | |||||
fluorescent LW white albite | |||||
AMM0778 | |||||
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite) | |||||
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.6x0.5x0.4cm | ||||
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Bluish- grayish green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline. | |||||
BMM0673 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.5x1.8x1.5cm | ||||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite | |||||
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AMM0675 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.8x1.1x1cm | ||||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite | |||||
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BMM0676 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.8x2.2x0.8cm | ||||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite | |||||
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AMM0691 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.9x1.7x1.1cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, imperfectly developed. Extensive transparent areas. Although there are many internal fractures and inclusions, the x as a whole appears transparent. | |||||
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AMM0703 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1x0.9x0.6cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red | |||||
AMM0777 | |||||
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite) | |||||
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.6x0.5x0.4cm | ||||
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Bluish- grayish green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline. | |||||
AMM0779 | |||||
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite) | |||||
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.3x0.7x0.7cm | ||||
Loose x, single terminated. Brown base with green tip. | |||||
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BMM0671 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.5x1.5x1.2cm | ||||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite! | |||||
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BMM0766 | |||||
Spinel, Chondrodite | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3.5x3x2.3cm | 28g | |||
The specimen is loaded with purplish red gem spinel xls up to 5mm. Note also the honey-colored chondrodite with occasional crystal faces! The color contrast of red and yellow before a light blue background is still present under LW UV when at least three minerals show differently colored fluorescence. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW intensive red spinel, dimly yellow chondrodite, bright whitish yellow matrix minerals, blue matrix minerals! | |||||
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BMM0770 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite -Rubellite | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.8x2x2cm | ||||
Peculiar red "mushroom" tourmaline. Most of the tourmaline is covered by a thin crust of another mineral, probably albite, letting the red tourmaline appear pink. | |||||
BMM0670 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2x2x1.5cm | ||||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite! | |||||
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BMM0678 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3x1.8x1.4cm | 10g | |||
Deep red gem spinel in matrix. Intact, slightly water rounded, transparent complex twin x. From a river deposit. | |||||
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BMM0683 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2x1.5x1.5cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent. | |||||
AMM0685 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.7x1.3x0.7cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent. | |||||
BMM0708 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke) area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4x2.8x2cm | 26g | |||
Black spinel cluster, rounded in the sedimentation process. | |||||
BMM0709 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke) area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.3x1.3x1.1cm | ||||
Black spinel cluster with some matrix attached. | |||||
BMM0740 | |||||
Diopside with Calcite, Graphite | |||||
Onh Bin Yee Htwet, Le Oo (Le U), (NE Mogok Stone Tract), Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4x2.7x1.7cm | ||||
Bright green grains surrounded by pale blue calcite. Associated by quite well crystallized flakes of graphite and a cream colored, white fluorescent mineral. | |||||
fluorescent LW white assoc. mineral | |||||
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AMM0776 | |||||
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite) | |||||
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.1x0.8x0.5cm | ||||
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Blue- grayish green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline. | |||||
BMM0669 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.5x2x1.8cm | ||||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite! | |||||
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BMM0672 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.7x1.3x0.8cm | ||||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite | |||||
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BMM0674 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.2x1.5x1.4cm | ||||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite | |||||
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AMM0702 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.4x1x0.9cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW pink | |||||
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CMM0714 | |||||
Lazurite with Calcite | |||||
Dattaw, Mogok (Mogoke) area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Small Cabinet | 5x3.8x1cm | 33g | |||
Grains of lazurite with occasional crystal faces. Pale blue calcite matrix. Part of backside is flattened. | |||||
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BMM1141 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite with Albite, Quartz | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.2x1.4x1.3cm | ||||
Peculiar red "mushroom" tourmaline growing on a feldspar, quartz and schorl base | |||||
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BMM0682 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.2x1.8x1.6cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent. Gem spinel x | |||||
BMM0684 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.3x1.8x1.7cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent. | |||||
BMM0739 | |||||
Diopside with Calcite, Graphite | |||||
Onh Bin Yee Htwet, Le Oo (Le U), (NE Mogok Stone Tract), Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3.3x2.2x1.8cm | ||||
Bright green grains surrounded by pale blue calcite. Associated by quite well crystallized flakes of graphite and a cream colored, white fluorescent mineral. | |||||
fluorescent LW white assoc. mineral | |||||
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BMM1144 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4x3.6x2cm | 25g | |||
Peculiar "mushroom" tourmaline with zone succession from light pink to red. Some of the tourmaline is covered by a thin crust of another mineral, probably albite, causing the red tourmaline to appear pink. The cooking oil the specimen was soaked in to enhance the color has been removed! | |||||
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BMM0689 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.6x2.1x1.9cm | 13g | |||
Gem spinel x, imperfectly developed. Extensive transparent areas. Although there are many internal fractures and inclusions, the x as a whole appears transparent. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red | |||||
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BMM0681 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 2.9x2.6x2.2cm | 23g | |||
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent. | |||||
CMM0773 | |||||
Tourmaline var Schoerl with Quartz | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Small Cabinet | 5x4x2.8cm | 58g | |||
Two parallel growing clusters of shiny black dravite intergrown with parallel clusters of quartz x, growing in a different direction. Very "sparkly", difficult to photograph, much better in person. Back side and peripheral xls rounded by alluvial action. Albite matrix. | |||||
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BMM1078 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4x3x2.5cm | 36g | |||
Peculiar "mushroom" tourmaline with zone succession from black to red to white. Part of the tourmaline is covered by a thin crust of another mineral, probably albite, causing the red tourmaline to appear pink. The cooking oil the specimen was soaked in to enhance the color has been removed! | |||||
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BMM1143 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3.9x3.2x2.2cm | 29g | |||
Peculiar "mushroom" tourmaline with zone succession from brown to red to black to red. Some of the tourmaline is covered by a thin crust of another mineral, probably albite, causing the translucent red tourmaline to appear pink. The cooking oil the specimen was soaked in to enhance the color has been removed! | |||||
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BMM1077 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4x2.5x2.5cm | 34g | |||
Peculiar red and black "mushroom" tourmaline. Part of the tourmaline is covered by a thin crust of another mineral, probably albite, causing the red tourmaline to appear pink. The cooking oil the specimen was soaked in to enhance the color has been removed! | |||||
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AMM0704 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.9x0.7x0.4cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect macles twin. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red | |||||
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BMM0765 | |||||
Spinel, Chondrodite | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4.5x4x3.5cm | 128g | |||
The specimen is loaded with purplish red gem spinel xls up to 4mm. Note also the honey-colored chondrodite with occasional crystal faces! The color contrast of red and yellow before a light blue background is still present under LW UV when at least three minerals show differently colored fluorescence. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW intensive red spinel, dimly yellow chondrodite, bright whitish yellow matrix minerals, blue matrix minerals! | |||||
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BMM0769 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite -Rubellite with Quartz | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4.8x3x2cm | 30g | |||
Peculiar red "mushroom" tourmaline intergrown with quartz xls. The tops of the radial sprays look like polished spheres. Some of the tourmaline is covered by a thin crust of another mineral, probably albite, letting the red tourmaline appear pink. | |||||
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BMM0444 | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4.9x2.5x2cm | 30g | |||
Parallel cluster of shiny dark brown dravite. Transparent brown in thin sections. Single terminated. Remnants of white matrix. | |||||
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AMM0700 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.7x0.5x0.3cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, almost perfect distorted octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW red | |||||
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AMM0774 | |||||
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite) | |||||
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.5x1.2x1cm | ||||
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Deep green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline. | |||||
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AMM0696 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Thumbnail | 0.8x0.6x0.3cm | ||||
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded macles twin. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red | |||||
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BMM0677 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 3.1x2.7x1.4cm | 19g | |||
Intensive red gem spinel in crystalline calcite matrix. Intact, transparent macles twin x. | |||||
fluorescent LW dimly red spinel | |||||
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BMM0718 | |||||
Fluorite | |||||
Nyaung Gyin, Tha Beik Kyin section (western Mogok Stone Tract), Myanmar (Burma | |||||
Miniature | 3x2.5x2.5cm | 28g | |||
Peculiar pseudo-botryoidal fluorite. Pale violet translucent with matte surface. From a one-time find in 1999. | |||||
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BMM0722 | |||||
Topaz | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Miniature | 4.6x3x1.7cm | 42g | |||
Loose x, very slightly rounded edges (from alluvial deposit). | |||||
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CMM0668 | |||||
Spinel | |||||
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Small Cabinet | 5.5x4x3cm | 40g | |||
Intensive red gem spinel in marble matrix, associated with pale yellow chondrodite. Intact, transparent octahedron. | |||||
fluorescent Multicolor: LW red spinel, yellow chondrodite! | |||||
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CMM0768 | |||||
Tourmaline var Elbaite -Rubellite | |||||
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) | |||||
Small Cabinet | 5.5x5x3.5cm | 98g | |||
Peculiar red "mushroom" tourmaline. The tops of the radial sprays look like polished spheres. Most of the tourmaline is covered by a thin crust of another mineral, probably albite, letting the red tourmaline appear pink. This crust had not been removed on this specimen! | |||||
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AMM0775 | |||||
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite) | |||||
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar | |||||
Thumbnail | 1.8x1.4x0.8cm | ||||
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Deep green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline. | |||||
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