Mineral: Baotite
Locality: Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Dimensions: 3 x 3 x 2 cm / main crystal: 1.7 cm.

Description: Mass: 4 g MIM number: 1323 Probable year of extraction : 2002 Well formed brown crystal with two small divergent crystals at the base. This is the largest well formed crystal of this very rare species. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publications: "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2004", "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2005", "Mineralogical Record: Jul-Aug 2008", "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015" Ex collection: Herbert Obodda (USA)

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