Quartz, Actinolite, Albite

Locality: Alchuri (Alchori; Aschudi), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan

Two colorless, actinolite-included quartz crystals, 3 and 4,5 cm long in a "V" on the front of a plate of blocky white albite crystals. Surrounding the quartz crystals are patches of fibrous green actinolite. 10x7x4 cm overall.

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Photo added: 1st Jun 2007

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