Orange Hessonite Garnets on Matrix Pakistan minerals Some common colors are blue

Some common colors are blue

From Balochistan

The magnetite crystals are present throughout the body of the piece and show up as tiny black crystals under a microscope

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Analysis of the tourmaline crystals showed them to be a mixture of dravite and uvite (Blue Dravite-Uvite Tourmaline from Koksha Valley

Orange Hessonite Garnets on Matrix Pakistan minerals Some common colors are blueLustrous orange garnet crystals on matrix. This piece has orange garnets on a mother rock. It is from Afghanistan. In this region, much of the mining is done in thousands of small hand worked digs. 98 x 90 x 65 mm 630 grams