Titanite on Adularia

Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Small Cabinet, 7.3 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Start Time: 05/30/2013 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/06/2013 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Tormiq has produced a great variety of Titanite specimens, in a great range of colors and habits. Some of the varying finds include disc-like, tabular pinkish crystals and steep, honey colored wedge shaped crystals, but the most popular and attractive of all the habits of Titanite from this locality would have to be the rich grass green, blocky, twinned crystals on Orthoclase (var: Adularia). These are "Alpine-type" Titanite crystals, and the would be worth a great deal to any Alpine collector if there were found in Austria, Italy or Switzerland. This specimen features a very pronounced, sharp, yellow green color, twinned crystal of Titanite sitting on porcelain-white Orthoclase (var: Adularia) coated by micro Clinochlore ("Chlorite"). The Titanite Twin is contacted on one end, but the other is in good shape, and rarely do they get this big from any locality. This specimen is an attractive small cabinet and these pieces are some of the most difficult to obtain from Pakistan. The predominant twin measures 4.7 cm long. Valued at $500.

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