Muscovite (Var: Fuchsite), Quartz
Chaprot valley, Chalt, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.6 x 2.4 x 0.8 cm. Fuchsite is actually a rare bright to dark green variety of the common mineral muscovite. In these rare quartz crystals from Pakistan, it takes the form of bright, light green inclusions inside a tabular crystal of quartz. Unusual material from, so far as I know, a single pocket. Over the years I have seen perhaps less than 10 ...
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