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Ilmenite on Quartz (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
- Tormiq, Haramosh Mountain, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
- Cabinet, 11.3 x 8.6 x 3.5 cm
- Start Time: 06/03/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/10/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A unique "Alpine type" specimen featuring dark, metallic, black platy crystals of Ilmenite laying flat against a crystallized matrix of somewhat thin Quartz crystals which are coated with moss-green "Chlorite". The largest Ilmenite crystal measures 4.3 cm long. It is certainly unlike any other Ilmenite specimen from Pakistan that I have seen. Rich Kosnar purchased the specimen from noted dealer of Pakistani minerals, Dudley Blauwet in 1999. The Ilmenites are broad in form, but not 100% complete around the edges. A cool, hand-sized specimen resembling those from Alpine "clefts".