94 specimens found!

AMM0713_6 €
Zircon
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.3x0.3cm
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with slightly rounded edges. No matrix.
fluorescent LW orange!



AMM0712_8 €
Zircon
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.4x0.3cm
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with slightly rounded edges. No matrix.
fluorescent LW orange!



AMM0710_9 €
Zircon
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.7x0.4cm
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with rounded edges. No matrix.
fluorescent LW orange!



AMM0711_9 €
Zircon
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.3x0.3cm
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with rounded edges. No matrix.
fluorescent LW orange!



AMM1196_9 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.2x1.2x1.1cm
Gem spinel cluster, good color. Some corners damaged. Transparent with internal fractures and inclusions.



AMM0686_10 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.3x1.1x0.9cm
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_10 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1x0.7x0.6cm
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_12 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4.2x2.6x1.3cm18g
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_12 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.5x1.1x0.7cm
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_12 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.6x0.5x0.3cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW red



AMM0694_12 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.5x0.5x0.3cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW red



AMM0695_12 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.7x0.6x0.6cm
Gem spinel x, octahedron with two missing corners. Transparent with internal fractures and inclusions.
fluorescent LW dimly red



AMM0697_12 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.6x0.4x0.4cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.



AMM0698_12 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.4x0.4x0.3cm
Gem spinel x, one missing corner. Completely transparent.



AMM0699_12 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.4x0.3x0.2cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW red



AMM0709_12 €
Zircon
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.5x0.4cm
Gem zircon. Transparent with few inclusions and internal fractures. Complex x with slightly rounded edges. No matrix.
fluorescent LW orange!



AMM0724_12 €
Topaz
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma))
Thumbnail1.5x1cm
Loose x, very slightly rounded edges (from alluvial deposit).



AMM0727_12 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.9x0.9cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0728_12 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1x0.9cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0733_12 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.1x0.9cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0734_12 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.6x0.8cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0735_12 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.2x0.8cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0737_12 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)Sakangyi (Sakangai)
Thumbnail1.5x1.1cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0729_14 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.4x1cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0730_14 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.5x0.9cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0731_14 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.6x1.1cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0732_14 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.6x1.4cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0738_14 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.4x0.7x0.7cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



BMM0716_15 €
Lazurite with Calcite
Dattaw, Mogok (Mogoke) area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.5x2x1cm
Almost entirely lazurite with occasional crystal faces. Pale blue calcite matrix.



AMM0726_15 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.6x1.2cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



AMM0755_15 €
Corundum var Sapphire
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.9x1.7x1.5cm10g
Single, crude x. the underside is polished. Some matrix attached.



BMM0772_16 €
Tourmaline var Schoerl with Quartz
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3.7x3x2.7cm26g
Parallel cluster of shiny black dravite intergrown with quartz x. Damages around the periphery, probably from alluvial action.




AMM1132_16 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.7x0.5x0.3cm
Ruby red macles twin, transparent with inclusions. Small damages at some corners.
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BMM1197_16 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3x1.8x1.8cm
Peculiar red and black "mushroom" tourmaline growing on rounded feldspar matrix.




BMM0680_18 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3x2.5x1.8cm20g
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_18 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.7x1.1x0.6cm
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_18 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1x0.7x0.6cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Translucent with internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW dimly red




AMM0705_18 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.7x0.6x0.5cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW dimly red
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AMM0706_18 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.9x0.7x0.6cm
Gem spinel x, perfect twinned octahedron. Dark violet intransparent, corners translucent.
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AMM0756_18 €
Corundum var Sapphire
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.9x0.9x0.8cm
Single, crude x. Traces of matrix.
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BMM1198_18 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.1x1.5x1.5cm
Peculiar red and black "mushroom" tourmaline. Smaller specimen with feldspar coated surface.
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BMM0771_19 €
Tourmaline var Schoerl
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3.5x1.8x1.5cm13g
Parallel cluster of shiny black dravite. Transparent brown in thin sections.
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AMM0690_20 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.1x1.1x0.9cm
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_20 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.6x0.5x0.4cm
Gem spinel x cluster. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
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BMM0736_20 €
Topaz
Sakangyi (Sakangai), Mogok area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2x1cm
Loose x, colorless transparent, from primary deposits.



BMM0743_20 €
Albite with Muscovite, Phlogopite, Quartz
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4x4x3cm89g
Typical pegmatite background association. Surprisingly hard to obtain because everything centers around gemstones in the Mogok area!
fluorescent LW white albite



AMM0778_20 €
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite)
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar
Thumbnail0.6x0.5x0.4cm
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Bluish- grayish green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline.




BMM0673_22 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.5x1.8x1.5cm
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_22 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.8x1.1x1cm
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_22 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.8x2.2x0.8cm
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_22 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.9x1.7x1.1cm
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_22 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1x0.9x0.6cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW dimly red



AMM0777_22 €
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite)
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar
Thumbnail0.6x0.5x0.4cm
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Bluish- grayish green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline.




AMM0779_22 €
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite)
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar
Thumbnail1.3x0.7x0.7cm
Loose x, single terminated. Brown base with green tip.
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BMM0671_24 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.5x1.5x1.2cm
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_24 €
Spinel, Chondrodite
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3.5x3x2.3cm28g
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_24 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite -Rubellite
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.8x2x2cm
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_25 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2x2x1.5cm
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_25 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3x1.8x1.4cm10g
Deep red gem spinel in matrix. Intact, slightly water rounded, transparent complex twin x. From a river deposit.
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BMM0683_25 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2x1.5x1.5cm
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent.



AMM0685_25 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.7x1.3x0.7cm
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent.



BMM0708_25 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke) area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4x2.8x2cm26g
Black spinel cluster, rounded in the sedimentation process.



BMM0709_25 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke) area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.3x1.3x1.1cm
Black spinel cluster with some matrix attached.




BMM0740_25 €
Diopside with Calcite, Graphite
Onh Bin Yee Htwet, Le Oo (Le U), (NE Mogok Stone Tract), Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4x2.7x1.7cm
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_25 €
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite)
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar
Thumbnail1.1x0.8x0.5cm
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Blue- grayish green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline.




BMM0669_28 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.5x2x1.8cm
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_28 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.7x1.3x0.8cm
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_28 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.2x1.5x1.4cm
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_28 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail1.4x1x0.9cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect octahedron. Transparent with internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW pink
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CMM0714_28 €
Lazurite with Calcite
Dattaw, Mogok (Mogoke) area, Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Small Cabinet5x3.8x1cm33g
Grains of lazurite with occasional crystal faces. Pale blue calcite matrix. Part of backside is flattened.
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BMM1141_28 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite with Albite, Quartz
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.2x1.4x1.3cm
Peculiar red "mushroom" tourmaline growing on a feldspar, quartz and schorl base
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BMM0682_32 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.2x1.8x1.6cm
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_32 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.3x1.8x1.7cm
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent.




BMM0739_32 €
Diopside with Calcite, Graphite
Onh Bin Yee Htwet, Le Oo (Le U), (NE Mogok Stone Tract), Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3.3x2.2x1.8cm
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_32 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4x3.6x2cm25g
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_33 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.6x2.1x1.9cm13g
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_35 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature2.9x2.6x2.2cm23g
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded and imperfectly developed. Some transparent areas, many internal fractures and inclusions, leaving the x as a whole intransparent.





CMM0773_38 €
Tourmaline var Schoerl with Quartz
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Small Cabinet5x4x2.8cm58g
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_38 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4x3x2.5cm36g
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_38 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3.9x3.2x2.2cm29g
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_40 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite-Rubellite
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4x2.5x2.5cm34g
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_45 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.9x0.7x0.4cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect macles twin. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW dimly red
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BMM0765_45 €
Spinel, Chondrodite
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4.5x4x3.5cm128g
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_45 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite -Rubellite with Quartz
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4.8x3x2cm30g
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_48 €
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4.9x2.5x2cm30g
Parallel cluster of shiny dark brown dravite. Transparent brown in thin sections. Single terminated. Remnants of white matrix.
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AMM0700_48 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.7x0.5x0.3cm
Gem spinel x, almost perfect distorted octahedron. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW red
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AMM0774_48 €
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite)
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar
Thumbnail1.5x1.2x1cm
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Deep green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline.
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AMM0696_50 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Thumbnail0.8x0.6x0.3cm
Gem spinel x, slightly rounded macles twin. Transparent with few internal fractures or inclusions.
fluorescent LW dimly red
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BMM0677_52 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature3.1x2.7x1.4cm19g
Intensive red gem spinel in crystalline calcite matrix. Intact, transparent macles twin x.
fluorescent LW dimly red spinel
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BMM0718_55 €
Fluorite
Nyaung Gyin, Tha Beik Kyin section (western Mogok Stone Tract), Myanmar (Burma
Miniature3x2.5x2.5cm28g
Peculiar pseudo-botryoidal fluorite. Pale violet translucent with matte surface. From a one-time find in 1999.
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BMM0722_55 €
Topaz
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Miniature4.6x3x1.7cm42g
Loose x, very slightly rounded edges (from alluvial deposit).
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CMM0668_56 €
Spinel
Mogok (Mogoke), Sagaing Division, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Small Cabinet5.5x4x3cm40g
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_58 €
Tourmaline var Elbaite -Rubellite
Palelni Mine, Khetchel (Khat Che), Molo, Momeik Township (eastern Mogok stone tract), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Small Cabinet5.5x5x3.5cm98g
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_60 €
Tourmaline var Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite)
Peit Pyin, Mogok stone tract, Sagaing division, Myanmar
Thumbnail1.8x1.4x0.8cm
Loose x, double terminated with one incomplete termination. Deep green. Very flat, quite unusual for tourmaline.
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