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Spodumene (curved crystal) with Albite from Darra-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

 
Spodumene (curved crystal) with Albite from Darra-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Spodumene (curved crystal) with Albite from Darra-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Spodumene (curved crystal) with Albite from Darra-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Spodumene (curved crystal) with Albite from Darra-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Spodumene (curved crystal) with Albite from Darra-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Spodumene (curved crystal) with Albite from Darra-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 70225
Mineral:Spodumene (curved crystal) with Albite
Locality:Darra-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow spodumene crystal with bladed white albite crystals on one prism face. The spodumene crystal was naturally fractured and healed into a curved crystal as a result of pocket rupture in the pegmatite.
Overall Size:8.5x2x2 cm
Crystals:85 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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