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Diopside with Apatite and Prehnite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
- Alchuri, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
- Miniature, 3.2 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
- Start Time: 03/11/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/18/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A wonderful "Alpine Type" specimen consisting of sharp, lustrous, gemmy, deep green prismatic Diopside crystals up to 1.4 cm associated with a small virtually colorless, Apatite crystals and minor white Prehnite crystals with small, whitish, blocky Albite on matrix. This specimen came to Rich Kosnar about twelve years ago, and I personally have not seen many of them on the market in quite some time. A good reference association specimen from one of the premier "cleft" localities in Pakistan.