Titanite - twinned crystals on Adularia
stock #8.1-007
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District
Gilgit-Baltistan,
Pakistan
6.3 x 4.6 x 3.8 CM (cabinet)
price: $320
Post Tucson 2022
Twinned gemmy crystals of Titanite on contrasting white Adularia crystals. A classic assemblage of Alpine cleft type minerals, this is an attractive and well-crystalized piece with a 2 CM Titanite. The Titanite is transparent in large part though some areas have inclusions that make it more translucent. The crystal is the type sometimes called a "drill bit twin" and shows this habit very well.
Apatite
stock #19.1-369
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District
Gilgit-Baltistan,
Pakistan
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.5 CM (thumbnail)
price: $750
Esthetic thumbnail pink Apatite in a sculptural arrangement. The previous owner called this "The policeman" since with imagination at several angles it looks like a human figure. No matter the anthropomorphic ideas, it is a fine complete cluster of well formed, undamaged Apatite crystals, vividly fluorescent. All are doubly terminated. The terminations all show a fine edge modification having a bevel across all faces. Absolutely one of a kind, I consider it a competition grade thumbnail.
Unusual habit Aquamarine ex. John Marshall Collection. The main crystal is 3.4 CM across the termination face, with an etched cavity in the center that bells out inside the crystal. The there is also a 2.2 CM Hydroxyl-herderite crystal on the back side as a bonus. Good condition and a very nice "oddity" from this prolific region.