Unusual phantom Quartz on Schorl

Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Cabinet, 13.7 x 13.4 x 5.7 cm
Start Time: 04/20/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/27/2023 6:50:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $340
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Item Description

Phantom quartz is VERY RARE from the famous pegmatites of the Shigar Valley, known best for aquamarine and tourmaline and regular boring simple quartz crystals. Well-formed, cloudy white phantoms, mimicking the form of the water-clear, sharply terminated quartz crystals without, are dramatically accented with iron oxides within the quartz crystals. The large central quartz point is 3.0 cm tall. Strikingly, the stout, thick large matrix plate consists entirely of small densely intergrown, lustrous jet-black schorl crystals. A most unusual, impressive and rare large phantom quartz and schorl combination from the Shigar Valley. It is just unusual in every way, and from recent finds.

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Bidding History

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$340 04/27/2023 6:40:08 pm (CDT)
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