Idaho Spessartine!
This page features a select suite of
difficult to obtain, fine quality specimens from a very remote locality recently
designated as a National Recreation Area in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho.
where mineral collecting is no longer allowed. These specimens were
collected over Labor Day weekend in 1974 by R. A. Kosnar from a "stringer" of
relatively small, pegmatite cavities containing Spessartine, Smoky Quartz,
Albite, Microcline, and rarely Zinnwaldite. The Spessartine from this
locality is of a relatively pure nature being the Manganese end member of the
series and these crystals contain very little Iron.
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No. IdGrSm2
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz on matrix -
$45
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, rich orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons, on
and with Smoky Quartz crystals on matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 3.3 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm.
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No. IdGrSm4
Spessartine with Zinnwaldite on Smoky Quartz -
$40
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very sharp, lustrous, rich orange
color, gem to gemmy, textbook trapezohedrons, sitting atop fine Zinnwaldite and
Smoky Quartz.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 4.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm.
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No. IdGrSm5
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz on matrix -
$40
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, rich orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons, associated with Smoky Quartz on matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 2.2 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm.
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No. IdGrSm6
Spessartine on Smoky Quartz with Zinnwaldite -
$35
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, rich orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons,
sitting atop Zinnwaldite and Smoky Quartz.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 2.8 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm.
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No. IdGrSm7
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz on matrix -
$35
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, rich orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons, sitting atop Smoky Quartz on matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 4.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm.
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No. IdGrSm8
Spessartine with Quartz on matrix -
$35
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, rich orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons,
sitting atop frosted Quartz on matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 2.4 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm.
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No. IdGrSm9
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz on matrix -
$30
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, rich orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons, associated with Smoky Quartz on matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 3.8 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm.
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No. IdGrSm10
Spessartine on Smoky Quartz -
$50
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, rich orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons, sitting atop Smoky Quartz.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 1.7 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm.
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No. IdGrSm11
Spessartine with Zinnwaldite on matrix -
$25
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, rich orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons, sitting atop Zinnwaldite on matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 2.9 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm.
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No. IdGrSm13
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz on matrix -
$25
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons sitting atop Smoky Quartz on minor matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 2.9 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm.
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No. IdGrSm14
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz on matrix -
$25
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, light orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons,
sitting atop Smoky Quartz.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 4.1 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm.
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No. IdGrSm15
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz on matrix -
$25
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, light orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons,
associated with Smoky Quartz on matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 3.9 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm.
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No. IdGrSm16
Spessartine with Zinnwaldite on matrix -
$25
The Spessartine crystals on this specimen are very
sharp, lustrous, light orange color, gem to gemmy, textbook
trapezohedrons, sitting atop Zinnwaldite on matrix.
Locality:
Glens Peak, Blaine County, Idaho
Specimen Size: 4.3 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm.
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