Titanite with Clinochlore ("floater") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Miniature, 3.7 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm
Start Time: 03/08/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/15/2018 6:50:11 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

The "Alpine"-type Titanites from Pakistan rival the true Alpine specimens from various localities in Austria, and sometimes can surpass them in terms of size, quality and aesthetics. This piece is a gorgeous complete "floater" specimen of Titanite featuring a doubly-terminated, euhedral crystal of a light green color which is partially coated by Clinochlore ("Chlorite"). I don't think the piece is a twin, just a flattened crystals, but the overall aesthetic appeal and beautiful form combined with the fact that it's an undamaged "floater", it's a very worthwhile specimen of this contemporary classic material from Pakistan. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#11474). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).

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