Anatase with Albite

Item Description

Outside of Norway, these are some of the best contemporary Anatase specimens from any locality, and the last time anything new was collected in Norway was over 20 years ago. These specimens date back to the early 2000s in the Kharan District of Pakistan where some really fine quality and attractive specimens of Anatase and Brookite were found. These piece are truly "Alpine-type", and in nearly every aspect identical to the classic specimens in European. This wonderful small cabinet display specimen features a very sharp, incredibly lustrous, deep metallic blue and golden colored tetragonal crystal of Anatase measuring 7 mm sitting nicely on a layer of white bladed Albite on matrix. Virtually no damage of note that I can see, and Anatase really doesn't get much more lustrous or sharper than this even from the classic locales in places like Norway or the Binntal of Switzerland.