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Afghanite & Calcite (both fluorescent) ex Obodda
- Koksha Valley, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan
- Thumbnail, 2.8 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
- Start Time: 07/11/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/17/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A showy and excellent specimen of a 1.3 cm, lustrous, bullet-shaped afghanite crystal jauntily set on the creamy calcite/marble matrix. The partially translucent crystal has cornflower-blue color and the textbook hexagonal form. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock. Fine fluoresence: SW - red calcite/marble and snow-white matrix; LW - orange to yellow afghanite and rose-red calcite/marble.