Spessartine Garnet w/ Muscovite & Quartz (Bill Larson Garnet Coll.)

Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Miniature, 4.8 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 03/24/2022 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/31/2022 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $411
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Item Description

Beautiful gemmy and lustrous reddish-orange spessartine garnets are aesthetically clustered on this impressive and unusual miniature combination from the well-known Shigar District of Pakistan. The shapely garnets, to 1.3 cm, are dodecahedrons beveled by trapezohedral faces. The sculptural mounded matrix consists of a dramatically opposing cluster of water-clear quartz points strikingly accented with "books" of pearlescent muscovite plates. Ex Bill Larson & his company's Pala International Garnet Collection - which was long on the display at the Fallbrook store in the San Diego area for decades before we bought it some years ago (found a last flat hiding in storage!). Spessartine, Quartz and Muscovite combinations of this quality are RARE from the Shigar District and this is an outstanding example. Valued at $1000-1500

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Bidding History

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$411 03/31/2022 6:15:19 pm (CDT)
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