Actinolite
Astore Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Group of extremely lustrous, striated, dark green-black intergrown Actinolite crystals on crystalline Actinolite matrix. The largest crystal is 1.6 cm X 1.6 cm. Originally identified as Clinoenstatite, analysis done by the University of Arizona, Tucson, proved the correct identification is Actinolite.
Personal collection of Sharon Cisneros.
© Eugene & Sharon Cisneros