Ilmenite "iron rose" (rare locale) ex Obodda

Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
Miniature, 3.9 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Start Time: 05/07/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/14/2015 6:34:09 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An exquisite, 2.2 cm, ilmenite "iron rose" is aesthetically set upright on the feldspar matrix plate covered with cute, tiny, glassy, adularia crystals, some niftily included with chlorite. The parallel-growth plates have excellent metallic-gray luster and look like a fine Swiss or Italian hematite "iron rose". Very nearly pristine, you can barely see the one tiny bruise to the edge of one of plates. Ilmenite is RARE from any Shigar Valley locality and this is an outstanding example from the Herb Obodda dealer stock.

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