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Titanite (twins)
- Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Small Cabinet, 8.2 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
- Start Time: 05/07/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/14/2015 6:48:39 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Arondu is one of the lesser known Titanite localities in Pakistan, but this area has produced some top quality crystals of the species, especially some killer twins. 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 handful of sharp, lustrous, gemmy, rich green color, narrow tabular twinned crystals of Titanite up to 7 mm with semi metallic Clinochlore on matrix. A nice small cabinet despite the smaller size of the Titanites. These pieces are some of the most difficult to obtain from Pakistan, especially these days.