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Quartz with Actinolite inclusions (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
- Alchuri, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
- Small Cabinet, 7.2 x 5.8 x 4.1 cm
- Start Time: 07/15/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/22/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A highly aesthetic and eye-catching display specimen featuring a pair of colorless, sharp, lustrous, prismatic Quartz crystals forming a disntinctive "peace sign" form which are included by hundreds of thin, deep moss green color Actinolite "Byssolite" crystals creating a lovely two-tone color effect. One of the Quartz crystals is contacted in the back, but the piece displays rather well from the front, showing virtually no damage to the two main crystals. A lovely "Alpine-type" specimen from this classic Pakistani "cleft" deposit.