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Spessartine with Microcline
- Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
- Miniature, 4.0 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
- Start Time: 08/27/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/03/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A few rich wine red color, somewhat translucent, lustrous, heavily striated dodecahedral Spessartine crystals measuring up to 1.1 cm across on VERY lustrous, porcelain-esque white Microcline with a few gemmy colorless Quartz crystals.. For Garnet collectors, this is an attractive Fe-rich Spessartine specimen, and the pieces from Shengus are among the best red Spessartines in the world.
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