Detailed information
Species
Titanite, Orthoclase
Dimensions
38 x 29 x 15
mm
Locality
Tormiq Valley Haramosh Mts., Skardu District Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Condition
No recorded repairs
An interesting and aesthetic cluster of terminated Titanite crystals sat on a small matrix of opaque, milky-white Adularia crystals, a variety of Orthoclase feldspar. The Titanite crystals have opaque creamy-pale green cores with an outer shell of translucent and glassy oily sage-green Titanite, the largest of which measures 3.1 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm. A terrific small miniature from the Tormiq valley in the Haramosh Mountains of Pakistan.