Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Titanite & Albite

Views:
Watches:
PMN629662

Titanite & Albite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Tormiq, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
9.00gr
Description

Bright coloured titanite (sphene) twins on very white albite prviding a nice contrast. Very small chips present on the edge of the larger titanite crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden