Afghanite
sold- Locality
- Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan
- Minerals
- Afghanite
- Dimensions
- 4 x 3 x 3 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- Provenance
- Mike Keim
- SID
- A890
Highly translucent 1.8cm crystal in matrix, in fact I would call it gemmy. Most Afghanites don't excite me as they can be whitish blue, opaque, and crudely formed, but not this one. A well formed crystal, sharper than most, that begs to be trimmed into a superb thumbnail specimen.