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D05-49 - Petalite - $ 1250 SOLD Mogok, Burma thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
A stunning, unusually finely crystallized specimen of this rare species! I have NEVER seen a petalite crystal so sharp! Not even from Pakistan/Afghanistan, where it is more common. This is truly exceptional. Also, it is BETTER IN PERSON! ...and more gemmy in person! This is one i could rave about, and the pics just won't convey why. But for what it is, its not only a smoker but cheap, I think.
MD-112543 - Petalite - - Archived Araçuaí, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil small cabinet, 5.9 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
A VERY strange and ethereal, elongated piece of petalite. Superb for any gem pegmatite, Brazilian, or rarity suite. 5.9 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
MD-180795 - Petalite - - Archived Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan small cabinet, 7.1 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm.
7.1 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm. An exceptional and rarely-seen Petalite crystal from Pakistan. The large 7 cm crystal is translucent to gemmy, and has classic etched faces. The shape of the crystal is very much like that of a ship's hull. That being said, both the bottom and the top of the crystal are flat and very lustrous. Also, there is a distinct plane running from tip to tip down the center that looks for all the world like a twinning plane. Ex. Charlie Key.
MD-199868 - Petalite - - Archived Bolton Pegmatite Float Boulder Occurrence, Bolton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA cabinet, 9.8 x 9.1 x 5.2 cm.
9.8 x 9.1 x 5.2 cm. An old specimen of massive petalite from the collection of Charles Shephard (1804-1886), who, according to the Mineralogical Record Archive on him, was with Benjamin Silliman's staff at Yale in 1827, as his assistant, and later as a lecturer on natural history at Yale (1830-1847) and then Amherst College. His large collection burned in 1881, but a few specimens apparently found their way into the Academy collection, perhaps through trades with colleagues in the Philadelphia area. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.
MD-20894 - Petalite - - Archived Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil thumbnail, 2.3 x 1 x 1 cm
This is a very important specimen for the species from Brazil, and for this locality, because of its exceptional clarity and form. It was purchased directly from Carlos Barbosa in 2000 as he began to sell off his collection. Petalite almost never forms crystals of such quality! 2.3 x 1 x 1 cm
MD-224135 - Petalite - - Archived Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan cabinet, 13.4 x 10.9 x 7.3 cm.
13.4 x 10.9 x 7.3 cm. This is a 1.1-kilogram single, euhedral crystal of the rare species petalite. It is even a floater, complete-all-around (though several faces are less well developed, all are present). I have never imagined such a large petalite, and surviving un-etched by later dissolution in the pocket as so many are. This is the largest complete crystal that I know of - aside from the fact that it is of high quality. The whole crystal is translucent when backlit. This was mined, apparently, around October of 2008.
MD-243421 - Petalite - - Archived Paprok, Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan miniature, 3.9 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm.
3.9 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm. Petalite is a rare lithium silicate found in lithium-rich pegmatites. This is a rare crystal of translucent gem-quality petalite from the well known recent find. The chisel termination and steep wedge shape are typical of the species. Petalite grows in a strange fashion. We believe this to be a complete-all-round floater. The sloped faces appear to be constrained by contacting, but have no damage, per se. The ends and base are naturally etched.
MD-249824 - Petalite - - Archived Paprok, Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan small cabinet, 7.5 x 4.2 x 3 cm.
7.5 x 4.2 x 3 cm. Among the beautiful tourmalines and beryls for which Paprok is so well known, occasionally are found these superb gemmy petalite specimens: petalite is a fairly rare lithium, aluminum silicate. This particular petalite is large, lustrous and transparent. It has been slightly etched as are most, but retains the overall crystal habit. It is very gemmy and transparent. Complete-all-around. Formerly in the collections of Richard Gaines, Martin Zinn, and ex-Smithsonian curator John White.
MD-41687 - Petalite - - Archived Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
A stunning, unusually finely crystallized specimen of this rare species! 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
MD-54296 - Petalite - - Archived Paprok, Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan small cabinet, 7.3 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
We have here a totally transparent and lustrous, colorless, gem crystal of petalite from the pegmatites of Afghanistan. It is so clear it is hard to photo accurately because all the veils are magnified and refracted. The display face is intact, although there is some contact damage to the back of the termination. True, the bottom portion, especially in the back, has been etched, but NOT so much as usual and it remains a sharp crystal instead of an etched-out jumble as so many are, from this region. 7.3 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
MD-79658 - Petalite - - Archived Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) thumbnail, 2.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
2.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
MD-83079 - Petalite - - Archived Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm
Gemmy crystal with great form, very rare for the locality! 2.7 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm
MD-83139 - Petalite - - Archived Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) thumbnail, 1.4 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Well formed petalite for the locality 1.4 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
MD-83161 - Petalite - - Archived Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) thumbnail, 2.2 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Very sharp petalite crystal. 2.2 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
MD-83171 - Petalite - - Archived Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) thumbnail, 2.8 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
One of the sharpest petalites I have yet to see from anywhere, let alone Mogok where they are very rare! 2.8 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
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