Chrome Tremolite
stock #8 AE 881
Mogok, Sayaing district
Mandalay division,
Burma (Myanmar)
5.9 x 3.6 CM (small cabinet/ large miniature)
price: $200
A single sizable (3 CM) crystal of rich green Chrome tremolite sits on a calcite matrix. The crystal form is impressively sharp for one of such size, this is not the typical "blob" of tremolite! Great color and gemmy on thin edges, these are not common in general and rare in such aesthetic specimen.
Chondrodite on calcite
stock #8-FE 883
Mogok, Sayaing district
Mandalay division,
Burma (Myanmar)
6.5 x 6.6 CM (miniature)
price: $300
A single orange brown Chondrodite crystal of over 2 CM sits on contrasting Calcite. The matrix also has a few micro spinels scattered on it but the Chodrodite is the main event. A very sizable and undamaged example with the typical melted look for this region. These have not been available for some time, and this piece is one of the best I have seen for Chondrodite from Mogok.
Spinel (ruby) compound octahedral crystals
stock #8 AE-695
Pein Pyit (Painpyit), Mogok, Sagaing district
Mandalay division,
Burma (Myanmar)
4.8 x 4 CM (miniature)
price: $800
Brilliant red, large and sharp for this locale, A very fine gem crystal with excellent form and floater with no signs of contact or damage. The largest octahedron is a full 4.4 CM and the whole is translucent so it will glow with any backlighting. Many of the spinel from here have a melted look, this does too but much less than most and it maintains all of the structure and form that make this a very collectable and fine display crystal!
This is a killer thumbnail with an incredible form showing a 3-way spinel twin (triplet?). Nice deep ruby color constructed like a textbook model. I am told this piece was published in Europe and used for a "whats new at the the St. Marie aux Mines show" but I have not found the publication yet. While we rarely offer thumbnails of this price range, this piece is very much a bargain for anyone who appreciates rare gem crystal morphology.
RESERVED Phenakite
stock #RESERVED 7 AE-168
Mogok, Sayaing district
Mandalay division,
Burma (Myanmar)
2.3x1.4 CM (thumbnail)
price: $0
Sharp, lustrous gemmy, and very clear phenakite. Except for the point of attachment on the base, this terminated crystal is
perfect with no damage. From a remarkable find in Burma in 2005-6, phenakite of this size and quality is quite rare.
