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Albite (uncommon locale) viewBack to Collection and New Finds Liquidation Auctions - Ends March 11th

Pfitsch Pass, Ziller Valley, North Tyrol, Austria
  • Starting Time:3/1/2010 06:30:00 PM(CST)
  • Ending Time:3/11/2010 06:30:00 PM(CST)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:10.4 x 8.4 x 4.8 cm
  • Size Description:CABINET

Description:Pearlesent, sharp, albite prisms to 1.8 cm are festooned in the triangular-shaped, CABINET, vug in matrix on this showy and excellent specimen from an uncommon Austrian locale - Pfitsch Pass in North Tyrol, near the Italian border. Expertly collected, all of the crystals in the interior of the piece are pristine. A bit of modest periphery wear is noted, but is certainly not a detraction. A classic Austrian albite specimen.