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Clinoenstatite (rare) ex Obodda
- Astor valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
- Start Time: 05/29/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/05/2014 6:30:02 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Clinoenstatite is a rare Pyroxene Group species and is rare from any worldwide locality. It is rare from the deposits of the Astor Valley. Sharp, highly lustrous, dark olive-green crystals have a beautiful translucent shimmer in bright light and form an impressive mounded jackstraw plate. The crystals in the front are nearly all complete and terminated. Leave it to intrepid Himalaya specialist, Herb Obodda, to find such a rarity. Ex. Herb Obodda dealer stock. Valued by Herb at $300 over five years ago. They remind me of classic Green Monster Mountain, Alaska epidotes.