Description
Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegamite Field,Du Ab District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
A really interesting and unusual specimen features a gem pink kunzite over a bizarre smoky quartz. The smoky quartz appears to have had an initial form of a gemmy light brown color which was topped by albite feldspar. Later, clear quartz formed a transparent layer over the front of this formation while leaving the back uncovered. From the front, the quartz has a well formed termination with a pointed feldspar phantom at its tip. There is a sharp demarcation into the body of the quartz which is a gemmy brown color. Over all of this, a gemmy pink kunzite formed, broke and recrystallized. The strangeness of this piece highlights the immense and dramatic changes that occurred in this pegmatite over the millennia.
Ex Dudley Blauwet (with card)
7.00 x 6.00 x 4.50 cm
