Apatite with Albite and Schorl

Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Small Cabinet, 7.1 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Start Time: 12/01/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/08/2011 6:49:44 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A few translucent, somewhat sharp, hexagonal, pale colored crystals of Apatite up to 1.1 cm across are sitting on off-white color, lustrous and somewhat porous Albite crystals with some bladed golden Muscovite crystals and prismatic black Schorl crystals on both sides of the piece. The piece displays very well and there is very little damage overall. A good small cabinet sized Apatite from Pakistan. Good aesthetics and quality for the material as well. Keep in mind that Apatite might be a well known species, but good matrix specimens are certainly few and far between.

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