Mineral Specimens with Spessartine

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MD-177171 - Spessartine - - Archived
El Alamo, Mun. de Ensenada, Baja California Norte, Mexico
miniature, 3.8 x 3.8 x 1.4 cm.
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Spessartine from El Alamo, Mun. de Ensenada, Baja California Norte, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-177171a.jpg]

3.8 x 3.8 x 1.4 cm. Fine crystals of spessartine from a little-known Baja California locality - from a fine suite of garnets in the personal collection of Bill Larson that included many from rarer localities. The largest crystal here measures 1.3 cm. The crystals are nicely exposed and really stand out against the contrasting stark white matrix.

MD-177317 - Beryl, Spessartine - - Archived
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
small cabinet, 7.8 x 7.8 x 5.5 cm.
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Beryl, Spessartine from Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-177317a.jpg]

7.8 x 7.8 x 5.5 cm. A gemmy aquamarine sticking up from the snowy, euhedral albites, with the pretty matrix sprinkled with bright red-orange spessartines - and two of them have formed right on the termination of the aquamarine crystal. The aqua measures 2.5 cm, and is gemmy, complete and terminated. Books of muscovite are also embedded in the matrix.

MD-179594 - Spessartine, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) - - Archived
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
small cabinet, 5.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm.
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Spessartine, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) from Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-179594a.jpg]

5.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm. A smoky quartz crystal covered all around with dozens of gemmy orange-red spessartine garnets.

MD-179599 - Spessartine - - Archived
Pack Rat Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA
cabinet, 10.8 x 7.7 x 6.3 cm.
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Spessartine from Pack Rat Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-179599b.jpg]

10.8 x 7.7 x 6.3 cm. Gemmy little wine-colored spessartines are sprinkled all across the contrasting matrix on this Pack Rat Mine specimen.

MD-180559 - Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Spessartine - - Archived
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
small cabinet, 6.4 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm.
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Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Spessartine from Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-180559a.jpg]

6.4 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm. A single sharp smoky quartz crystal of superb quality leans out from a field of very gemmy orange-red spessartine garnets.

MD-180655 - Spessartine - - Archived
Navegadora Mine (Navegador Mine; Orozimbo Mine), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
miniature, 3.6 x 2.9 x 1.4 cm.
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Spessartine from Navegadora Mine (Navegador Mine; Orozimbo Mine), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-180655a.jpg]

3.6 x 2.9 x 1.4 cm. This Brazilian spessarine crystal has an intense cherry gemminess and stepped, striated faces. This is a complete floater crystal that weighs 33 grams. It has intense color and glassy luster.

MD-180657 - Spessartine - - Archived
Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania
thumbnail, 2.2 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm.
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2.2 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm. This spessartine crystal is not large relative to others, but is very gemmy for the find. Weighs 17 grams.

MD-180781 - Spessartine - - Archived
Marienfluss, Kunene Region, Namibia
thumbnail, 3.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm.
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Spessartine from Marienfluss, Kunene Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-180781a.jpg]

3.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm. A very nice cluster of gemmy orange trapezohedrons on matrix. The largest Garnet is about 1.2 cm across, all of them have superb luster. Ex. Charlie Key.

MD-181399 - Spessartine, Beryl (Var: Aquamarine), Schorl, Albite - - Archived
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
small cabinet, 5.5 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm.
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Spessartine, Beryl (Var: Aquamarine), Schorl, Albite from Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-181399a.jpg]

5.5 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm. A really complex combination piece, with an aquamarine shooting straight up through the crystallized albite feldpsar matrix (you can see it extend from underneath) like a fiber-optic cable of gem blue glass that transmits light from below if you shine it up. On this aquamarine is perched, as a wraparound, a spessartine garnet crystal that is pretty good on its own merits; plus the bonus that it is set up like a flag above the sharply crystallized white background. The terminated zigzag schorl at the base is a final bonus. Ex. Helmut Bruckner Collection.

MD-181581 - Spessartine - - Archived
Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania
miniature, 4.5 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm.
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4.5 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm. This big spessartine crystal weighs 135 grams and is in fine condition, a complete floater with no contacts.

MD-181586 - Spessartine - - Archived
Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania
thumbnail, 1.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm.
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1.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm. This fine, gemmy spessartine crystal weighs 5 grams.

MD-182558 - Spessartine, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) - - Archived
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
small cabinet, 5.6 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm.
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Spessartine, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) from Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-182558a.jpg]

5.6 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm. Orange-red gem spessartines are sprinkled all the way around the transparent, doubly terminated smoky quartz crystal.

MD-182779 - Spessartine, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Muscovite - - Archived
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
small cabinet, 7.9 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm.
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Spessartine, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Muscovite from Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-182779a.jpg]

7.9 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm. Big, fat spessartines to over one centimeter intermixed with smoky quartz crystals, pseudo-hexagonal "books" of muscovite and stark white feldspar, from Tongbei.

MD-182964 - Spessartine - - Archived
Navegadora Mine (Navegador Mine; Orozimbo Mine), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm.
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Spessartine from Navegadora Mine (Navegador Mine; Orozimbo Mine), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil [db_pics/mdpics/MD-182964a.jpg]

2.6 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm. The sculptural aesthetics, lustre and clarity of this spessartine are superb, which are complemented by the lovely wine-red color. The gemmy, snake-like head and neck and the stepped patterns on this particular piece are amazing.

MD-183877 - Spessartine - - Archived
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
small cabinet, 5.9 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm.
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Spessartine from Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-183877a.jpg]

5.9 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm. This gently curving feldspar matrix is completely covered with gemmy, red-orange crystals of spessartine with a fine, glassy luster.


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