Titanite with Calcite, Adularia and Actinolite

Item Description

Arondu is one of the lesser known Titanite localities in Pakistan, but this area has produced some top quality crystals of the species, especially some killer twins. These are "Alpine-type" Titanite crystals, and the would be worth a great deal to any Alpine collector if there were found in Austria, Italy or Switzerland. This specimen features a few sharp, lustrous, gemmy/translucent, beautiful green color, narrow tabular bladed crystals of Titanite measuring 1.7 cm with flattend translucent colorless Calcite crystals plus pseudo-rhombic crystals of K-Feldspar (var: Adularia) with hundreds of tiny greenish-black "needles" of Actinolite ("Byssolite") on matrix. An attractive cabinet and very showy compared to most we've seen from this locality. These pieces are some of the most difficult to obtain from Pakistan, especially these days.