Ferro-Actinolite

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Locality: Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan

Note: The mineral species Ferro-Actinolite is not listed in our database for this locality. This specimen may be misidentified or the mindat list of minerals at this locality may be incomplete.

Two prismatic crystals with a very good definition of forms, in which the terminal faces have a good development, a very unusual feature. At the same time the crystals are aerial, standing out on the matrix.
Astor, Shigar Valley Pakistan
Found in 2000
Specimen size: 4.5 x 3.3 x 4.2 cm
Main crystal size: 3.8 x 2 cm

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Photo added: 3rd May 2006

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