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Vesuvianite (cat's eye terminations) 
Back to Consignment and Collection Auctions - Ends March 4th, 2010
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
- Starting Time:2/25/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
- Ending Time:3/4/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:Small Miniature
- Size Description:3.8 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Description:These are some of the more attractive and unusual Vesuvianite crystals to come out of any "Alpine cleft" locality. This piece features dozens of sharp, highly lustrous, gemmy, "root beer" colored prisms of Vesuvianite with strange "straw"-colored "cat's eye" terminations. The Vesuvianites are reminiscent of Tourmaline crystals that I have seen from Brazil with the same "cat's eye" effect at the tips of the crystals. The Vesuvianites are good quality, and certainly uncharacteristic for the species ! I have photographed a few of the crystals under the microscope to help better illustrate their unusual appearance.
