Mineral: Orthoclase
Locality: Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Dimensions: 40,0 x 25,0 x 23,0 cm
Description: Main crystal size : 17,0 cm
Two large, very sharp, lustrous white orthoclase crystals on a massive orthoclase base covered in thick tablets of mica, small black schorl crystals and a few very light pink apatite crystals. The orthoclase crystals are Baveno law twins.
MIM number 1518
Photographer : FMI / James Elliott
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