Topaz and smoky quartz on cleavelandite and microcline, 11.4 cm, from Dassu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, mined in the 1990s. No repairs or restorations. Ex Sandor Fuss and Stuart Wilensky collections. There is a short commentary on this specimen in the gallery at wilenskyminerals.com. Stuart Wilensky photo.
hard, glassy orthorhombic crystals from pegmatites and rhyolites; colors range from colorless to pink; sharp terminations aid identification, localitie…
A collector's guide to Dassu, Pakistan: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 268 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.
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