Spinel Star of David Mogok, 7 mm |
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Sapphire twin, 15 mm. Mogok, Burma. |
Ruby, transparent trigonal crystal in calcite. 7 mm crystal in 3 cm calcite matrix. Mogok, Burma. |
Ruby, transparent trigonal crystal in calcite. 7 mm crystal in 3 cm calcite matrix. Mogok, Burma. |
Cassiterite, glossy sharp 32 mm crystal group on a doubly terminated 3 cm quartz crystal. Sakangyi area, west of Mogok, Burma. |
Cassiterite, glossy sharp 32 mm crystal group on a doubly terminated 3 cm quartz crystal. Sakangyi area, west of Mogok, Burma. |
Fluourapatite, gemmy 42 mm crystal. |
Apatite, 9 mm gem crystal on 34 mm matrix. Onh Bin Yee Htwet , Le-Oo (Le U), northeast of Mogok, Burma (Myanmar). |
Diopside in 90 mm crystal group, largest crystal about 40 mm across. Wetloo quarter, Kyauk Pyat That, west of Mogok, Burma. |
Detail of diopside crystal group, largest crystal about 40 mm across. Wetloo quarter, Kyauk Pyat That, west of Mogok, Burma. |
Painite, 5 mm, Thu-Rein-Thaung (Sun Mountain), Wetloo quarter, W of Mogok, Burma. |
Danburite, beautiful honey yellow gem crystal with complex termination. 26 mm long, one of my favourite crystals from here. |
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Pink elbaite, 25 mm long. Pyingyi Taung, Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Mandalay, Myanmar |
"Moor's head" elbaite crystals, 17 mm group of sharp crystals, Mogok, Myanmar |
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Pink elbaite in parallel growth, 17 mm long. Pyingyi Taung, Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Mandalay, Myanmar |
Pink elbaite, Palelni mine, Khetchel village, Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar |
Vanadian uvite crystal, 16 mm. Mong Hsu, Shan State, Burma. |
Burma brown tourmaline, doubly terminated tabular euhedron. |
Pink elbaite to 12 mm, doubly terminated on 2 cm matrix. Male, about 80 km S of Mogok, Sagaing District, Burma. |
Terminated schorl crystal, 2 cm, on 4 cm quartz. Mogok, Burma. |
Gem mica crystal, 18 mm. Bin Yee Htweet Mine, E of Mogok, Burma. |
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Double-terminated gem Goshenite group 8 mm diameter. Sakahangyi, Mogok, Myanmar. Found 2003 |
3cm aquamarine, Sakangyi pegmatites, Sakangyi, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar |
3cm spray of doubly-terminated aquamarine crystals on matrix. Palelni mine, Khat Che village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township |
Alkali-beryl (Var: Caesium Beryl), 7 mm single crystal. Pyingyi Taung, Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, M |
Petalite, fully terminated gem 15 mm crystal. Palelni mine, Khetchel village, Burma (Myanmar). |
Petalite, doubly-terminated gem 42 mm crystal. Palelni mine, Khetchel village, Burma (Myanmar). |
Olivine var peridot. 17 mm. Pyaung Gaung mine, Bernardmyo village, north of Mogok, Burma (Myanmar). |
Olivine var peridot. 15 mm. Pyaung Gaung mine, Bernardmyo village, north of Mogok, Burma (Myanmar). |
Olivine var peridot. 22 mm. Pyaung Gaung mine, Bernardmyo village, north of Mogok, Burma (Myanmar). |