Pargasite on Marble (both fluorescent)

Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
Miniature, 5.3 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Start Time: 03/02/2017 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/09/2017 6:33:47 pm (CST)
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Item Description

These Luc Yen pargasites are certainly the most beautiful known examples of the species, normally relegated to a rather dull, unattractive, dark-colored rock-former. Pargasite is an uncommon very complex silicate species. This very fine specimen came out in the late 1990s, labeled as being from China; and later it turns out that they came over the border from Vietnam. This piece is striking, featuring a sharp doubly terminated 1.8 cm crystal aesthetically accented with a smaller crystal. They have superb color, luster, and saturated green hue in contrasting marble matrix. It is of exceptional quality, compared to the common sort still available today when you can get it. Green SW UV fluorescence to the pargasite and modest pink for the marble.

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