Am working through the goods from Mada. Here's a few that were completed in the past several months.
In the rough, we saw many larger roughs in Sphene, though many of them were really 'cabbing' grade. So it was mostly the smalls that we were interested in since we were certain they were 'cuttable'.
Only picked up one piece of Apatite - and this is from a slice off one end of the larger crystal.
This was cut from a crystal we purchased as golden Beryl, but we knew it was Scapolite before we left the country. It was a fine piece nonetheless, and now enjoy the look.
Many of the larger Garnets had a purplish overtone, and given their Specific Gravity, they should fall into the Rhodolite range. But locally in Mada, they are all lumped together.
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