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Titanite with Adularia
- Val Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
- Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
- Start Time: 09/02/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/09/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A classic Alpine association specimen from the Italian Piedmont featuring a few small, sharp, gemmy, "wedge"-shaped, chamoisee color Titanite crystals with white/colorless, gemmy/translucent crystals of Orthoclase (var: "Adularia") and with minor metallic Hematite "rosettes" and possibly some altered Pyrite cubes on matrix. A cool association specimen from this famous valley in the Italian Alps. Largest Titanite crystal measures 4 mm, and the largest "Adularia" crystal measures 5 mm.