Eosphorite with Topaz on Albite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Chamachu, Skardu District, Pakistan
Small Cabinet, 7.3 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 11/26/2009 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/03/2009 6:54:25 pm (CST)
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Item Description

This is certainly one of the better display specimen from this very isolated yet exciting discovering. It features a few, alluring euhedral crystals of bright orange color Eosphorite measuring up to 8 mm long which are associated with a complete, GEM/gemmy, sharp, lustrous, slightly smoky color Topaz crystal (plus a smaller one at the base) along with a few pale pinkish-purple crystal aggregates of Lepidolite on white Albite (var: "Cleavelandite") matrix. The specimen is simply one of the most attractive association specimens I have seen of this material, and it seems to be impossible to find on the market now. The piece is valued at $1100 retail. A superb and aesthetic small cabinet size specimen featuring the brightest color Eosphorite that I have seen from any pegmatite locality.

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