a-949 : Vesuvianite
Alchuri
Skardu Disrict, Baltistan, Northern Areas
Pakistan
Asia
Vesuvianite
silicates
Small Cabinet - 95x75x38mm
Really exceptional specimen from the Alchuri area consisting of a rich bed of single, and aggregated crystals some aligned forming towers up to 19mm. There is some transparency in the crystals and many are colour zoned with pale beige end faces.
To one end there is a rhombohedral calcite crystal.
