Sri Lanka

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Apatite
	Sri Lanka As a "pretender", this apatite confuses many people who think it's a sapphire. size: 22.22cm
© Safaa Yu	Photo ID: 77238 View Count: 166
Chrysoberyl : BeAl₂O₄
	Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka V-twin crystals of yellow-brown chrysoberyl fully crystallized front and back. The twin plane is visible running down the middle. Good, translucent crystals, no damage. Overall size of mineral specimen: 20x14x7 mm. Size of individual crystals: 20 mm.
© 2003 John H. Betts	Photo ID: 10836 View Count: 386
Chrysoberyl : BeAl₂O₄
	Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka Picture size 18 mm. Collection M. Kampf No 73-001.
© 2005 M. Kampf	Photo ID: 27070 View Count: 272
Chrysoberyl : BeAl₂O₄
	Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka Chrysoberyl. Specimen size 3,5x1,3cm. Photo and Collection; Jorge M. Alves.
© Jorge M. Alves	Photo ID: 81179 View Count: 155
Chrysoberyl : BeAl₂O₄
	Okkampitiya, Uva Province, Sri Lanka A very rare locality piece AND a superb complete twinned sixling crystal, by any standard . This is a remarkable alluvial crystal that, despite its origins, retains sharp form. The State Gem Corp. of Sri Lanka said at the time that the specimen at 114 cts, was the largest found in recent years. One of two such crystals in the Ed David collection. ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 104109 View Count: 148
Chrysoberyl : BeAl₂O₄
	Balangoda, Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka 2.0 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm. A superb, gemmy and lustrous, honey-brown, V-twinned chrysoberyl crystal from the famed Ratnapura area of Sri Lanka. This complete all-around and undamaged beauty has textbook crystal form. A couple of the edge faces are frosted/contacted, but there is no damage, per se and the classic form is certainly not diminished.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 163995 View Count: 128
Chrysoberyl : BeAl₂O₄
	Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka 2.4 x 2.4 x 0.3 cm. This is a very good quality Sri Lankan Chrysoberyl specimen showing excellent cyclic twinning, sharp faces, great transparency in places and a subdued yellow-green color. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 164055 View Count: 67
Chrysoberyl : BeAl₂O₄
	Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka 2.5cm x 2.3cm x 0.5cm Light brown/green crystal purchased from Mountain Minerals International in Tucson 2009. Collection of Danny Jones.
© Danny Jones	Photo ID: 232530 View Count: 38
Chrysoberyl : BeAl₂O₄
	Sri Lanka Chrysoberyl twin. David Wilber Collection. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
	Photo ID: 246483 View Count: 26
Corundum : Al₂O₃
	Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka Crystal of colorless corundum with many lustrous faces on the front half of the crystal (hard to photograph). One end of the crystal is gemmy and could yield perhaps a 1 carat faceted gemstone. Overall size of mineral specimen: 15x9x8 mm. Size of individual crystals: 15 mm.
© 2003 John H. Betts	Photo ID: 10832 View Count: 471