Microcline

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specimen
Microcline
SpeciesSize
Comments
Details
ColorsGrey
Origin
Hachupa (Hashupi), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
SizeMedium
Dimensions9.5 x 7.0 x 5.4 cm
Species
Description
A BEAUTIFUL, PRISTINE, complete all-around, lustrous, pearlescent microcline crystal cluster with textbook crystal faces from the recent find in Pakistan. The STRIKING, large, sharp, wedge-shaped termination face is twinned and is frosted snow-white. The right and left side of this showy crystal is preferentially overgrown by lustrous and transparent light-gray microcline. These are some of the finest microclines found from any locality in recent years.