Viitaniemiite, Muscovite, Fluorite, Albite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 8.2 x 4.2 cm. A great rarity from this well known pegmatite occurrence in Pakistan featuring a very good sized mesh-like group of prismatic silvery viitaniemiite crystals sitting atop golden, semi-metallic, hexagonal bladed crystals of muscovite with minor green fluorite and white albite. This very rare sodium calcium manganese aluminum ...
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