DT Quartz enclosing Riebeckite ex Obodda

Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Toenail, 3.1 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 01/13/2012 6:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/19/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An absolutely water-clear, doubly terminated quartz crystal (it looks like a Herkimer) richly encloses a multitude of black riebeckite blades. This is superb and very rare combination material in this quality from Zagi Mountain. The pristine, gemmy quartz is very aesthetically attached to a stalk of matrix. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock. His label indicates reddish astrophyllite crystals are also enclosed, but none are visible.

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