Titanite with Diopside and "Byssolite"

Item Description

Titanit is one of the most well known of all the Alpine cleft species in the world, and some of the more interesting specimens in the world have come out of Pakistan for many years. In some cases, these specimens are seemingly identical to the classic Alpine specimens from Europe. Most often, Titanite is green, but the diggins at Hashupa have produced some very eye-catching tan colored crystals, that are certainly different from the typically "wedge"-shaped green crystals for which the species is known. This piece hosts unique, attractive, pinkish-tan colored, disc-shaped crystals of Titianite, which are aesthetically flaring off the matrix, and seem to be growing in a "Faden"-esque formation. The Titanites are associated with sharp, rather lustrous, translucent, rich green colored Diopside crystals and hundreds of incredibly thin, acicular, "needles" of "Byssolite" on matrix. It's a very good quality specimen that displays very well, and would fit nicely into any collection. This material is highly prized by collectors for its form, associations and unusual color for the Titanite. It has become increasingly more difficult to obtain top specimens from this locality.