Titanite

Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Thumbnail, 1.7 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Start Time: 09/07/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/14/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

From this well-known metamorphic deposit in Morocco, here we have a lovely Titanite thumbnail that came out around 10 years ago. The piece shows a beautiful rich golden / root beer color when backlit, but it's also a fine crystal as it shows wonderfully smooth and lustrous faces. If you look closely, you can see it's actually twinned showing a narrow "butterfly"-like habit. Good shape all around, and to find GEMMY twins of Titanite is rare from any world locality, but since the Imilchil specimens have such an enticing color, I think it makes them all the more desirable. I haven't seen many of these on the market in recent years, and they may have dried up completely.

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