Pink Fluorite with Microcline on Muscovite

Item Description

A great, older Fluorite specimen from the famous pegmatite near Nagar. The piece was mined in the mid 1990's. It features good-sized, sharp, well-formed octahedra of Fluorite with a LIVELY pink color (with greenish interiors) measuring up to 3.6 cm across, associated with a very fine quality, sharp, lustrous, notably GEMMY, colorless/white prismatic, DOUBLY-TERMINATED BAVENO TWIN of Microcline sitting atop silvery Muscovite on matrix. VERY little damage to speak of, as the main Fluorite crystals in the middle doesn't seem to have any serious dings or nicks, but perhaps a contact where it grew against the pocket wall. Obviously the outer edge of the piece is not completely crystallized where ite was removed from the pocket wall. The Mircocline seems to be damage free save one tiny imperfection on the corner that I can see with the naked eye. The piece is very displayable to boot. I don't have to tell you how the value of Nagar Fluorites has risen over the years, and this is a hard to find large cabinet sized matrix Fluorite specimen of this material from this classic Pakistani locality. Please note that there are some saw marks on the bottom. Priced at $3,000 in the inventory.