Sharp Pollucite xl ex Obodda

Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Miniature, 3.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Start Time: 09/08/2018 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/13/2018 6:30:14 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A pristine, very sharp, 2.8 cm, colorless, translucent, trapezohedral pollucite crystal with frosted faces is aesthetically set on partial pollucite crystal on this outstanding miniature from the Shigar Valley. Pollucite is a rare cesium Zeolite Group mineral and is unusually usually found in granite pegmatites, not igneous deposits, like most Zeolites. It is related to Analcime and looks like a fine crystal of that species. Pristine, 360-degree crystals of this quality are RARE and very desirable. It is one of the few facettable Zeolite Group species, with a hardnes of 6.5. Exceptional material from the Herb Obodda dealer stock and valued by Herb at $950, over seven years ago. It is worth more today.

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