Green Sphene

Green Sphene from Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

Two lustrous, translucent, rich yellow-green Sphene crystals are aesthetically set in sculptural matrix of bladed Muscovite rosettes and Albite on this fine specimen from the well-known Tormiq Valley of Pakistan. The alpine clefts at Tormiq have produced a wide array of very fine minerals and this is certainly one. Both crystals are pristine and the right crystal is sharply twinned.


Cut

4.0 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm.

Locality

Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan


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