Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - Arondu is one of the lesser known Titanite localities in Pakistan, but this area has produced some top quality crystals of the species, especially some killer twins. These are "Alpine-type" Titanite crystals, and the would be worth a great deal to any Alpine collector if there were found in Austria, Italy or Switzerland. This specimen features a few sharp, thin/narrow twinned crystals of Titanite measuring up to 1.7 cm sitting on matrix. The color is actually green, but they are coated with micro Clinochlore. Good condition overall. These pieces are some of the most difficult to obtain from Pakistan, especially these days. Overall size is 4.5x4x1.3 cm. Weight is 35 gr.

Khogyani, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan - A nice specimen with several large andradite crystals up to 1 cm wide with diopside and chlinochlore. Overall size is 4.5x4x4 cm. Weight is 102 gr.

Alchuri, Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - Bright deep green epidote crystals form a 4.2 cm long cluster ! The epidotes are wwell shaped and pristine ! Their size is 0.5-0.7 cm ! A well terminated dolomite stands on the epidotes. Nice specimen of 4.2x2x1 cm in size. Ex Ikram Mineralogy collection

Loralai, Baluchistan, Pakistan - A very nice fluorite specimen with  a dozen violet fluorite cubes nicely compenetrated one with the others. The fluorites are up to 1.5 cm on the edge and the calcites are up to 1.6 cm. Some of them are biterminated ! overall size is 5x4x2.2 cm. Ex Ikram Mineralogy collection.

Niaslo, Basha Valley, Skardu Distr., Northern Areas, Pakistan - A nice light violet fluorapatite crystals sits on the top of a terminated well defined adularia crystal. The apatite is 0.7 cm wide and the adularia is 2.3x2 cm. Overall size is 2.5x2.4x2.2 cm

Alchuri Village, Shigar, Northern Areas, Pakistan -A very good gemmy glassy lustrous clean fluorapatite crystals incombination with well terminated pure white well terminated orthoclase crystals hosts to matrix. The fluorapatites are gemmy and perfectly terminated ! their size are up to 0.8 cm ! the color is light pink. All around there are miriad of terminated orthoclases. Overall size is 8.5x6x4 cm

Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - Bright red spessartine crystals are dispersed on this albite matrix. The main spessartinel is 0.5 cm, the Others are 1-2 mm in size. Overall size is 5x5x3.2 cm

Yunchangping Mine, Wanshan, Tongren, Guizhou, China - Lustrous red crystals of cinnabar to 0.5 cm in size on a matrix of white crystallized dolomite. The prominent crystals in good condition, slight micro-chipping present. Size: 5.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm. Weight is 49 gr

Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan - Nice bright beryl var goshenite of 2.6x2.3x2 cm in size. The goshenite sits on a small matrix and is biterminated.  Overall size is 2.6x2.3x2.4 cm. Weight is 20 gr.

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China - A fragment of terminated white quartz makes a base for a single zoned and phantom included complex stepped blue fluorite crystal. The fluorites are 1.5 cm on the edge. Some minor contacts, overall an aesthetic display. Overall size is 4.7x3.7x1.4 cm