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Spessartine Garnet on Microcline with Smoky Quartz, , Muscovite, Fluorapatite from Niaslo, Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

 
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline with Smoky Quartz, , Muscovite, Fluorapatite from Niaslo, Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Spessartine Garnet on Microcline with Smoky Quartz, , Muscovite, Fluorapatite from Niaslo, Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 58983
Mineral:Spessartine Garnet on Microcline with Smoky Quartz, , Muscovite, Fluorapatite
Locality:Niaslo, Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:Lustrous 7 mm transparent red-orange trapezohedral spessartine garnet crystal on blocky white albite crystals to 8 mm with scattered transparent smoky quartz crystals to 3 mm and grainy green fluorapatite microcrystals only over the muscovite mica.
Overall Size:17x15x12 mm
Crystals:micro to 8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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