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Titanite with Calcite from Bagrote, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

 
Titanite with Calcite from Bagrote, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Titanite with Calcite from Bagrote, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 46130
Mineral:Titanite with Calcite
Locality:Bagrote, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:Vivid green twinned titanite crystals to 16 mm long on one face of gray matrix with transparent colorless calcite that was cleaned with dilute acid resulting in rounded crystal edges on the calcite. The titanite crystals are all V-twinned. Ex. Bob Holzer (1934-2009) collection
Overall Size:7x6x4 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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