Cluster of Albite with Muscovite and Quartz Crystal from Pakistan

$550.00

SKU : MCQ-00-405

Color:

Reserve

Make An Offer

This beautiful specimen from Pakistan features a striking cluster of Albite, Muscovite, and Quartz crystals, perfectly balanced in a natural arrangement. The Albite, a variety of plagioclase feldspar, forms the base of the cluster with its white to light-grey, blocky crystals, providing a subtle but elegant contrast. Interspersed throughout are delicate sheets of Muscovite, a silvery-gold mica mineral that shimmers softly in the light, creating a dynamic texture against the Albite. Towering above the ensemble are well-formed Quartz crystals, clear and prismatic, some with perfect terminations that catch and reflect light brilliantly.

Product Information:

Specimen	Muscovite On Quartz and Albite
Weight	4 kg
Dimensions	H: 17 x W: 22 x D: 18 cm
Origin	Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
Treatment	None

Muscovite Description:

Muscovite is the most common mineral in the mica's own family. It is an essential rock-forming mineral found in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. Like different micas, it easily cleaves into skinny transparent sheets. Muscovite sheets have a pearly to vitreous luster on their floor. If they're held as much as the light, they're transparent and almost colorless, but most have a mild brown, yellow, green, or rose-color tint.

The capacity of muscovite to cut into thin transparent sheets - occasionally up to several feet across - gave it an early use as window panes. In the 1700s it was mined for this use from pegmatites in the location around Moscow, Russia. Those panes were referred to as 'Muscovy glass' and that term is an idea that inspired the mineral name 'muscovite.'

Muscovite Associations:

Chakras	Heart Chakra,
Luster	Vitreous, Silky, Pearly
Zodiac	Leo
Tenacity	Elastic
Hardness	2.5 to 3
Color	White, Grey, Silvery

Healing Properties of Muscovite:

Muscovite is superb for inspiring reflection and self-evaluation.
Muscovite permits you to reflect on the past and the self objectively and without fear.
Muscovite may additionally help in auric cleaning and unblocking the psychic channels. Muscovite encourages clarity in visions and self-reflection.
Muscovite may be used during times of cleansing or fasting to help reduce hunger pangs, provide strength, relieve dehydration, and give a general increase.
Muscovite may help sufferers of insomnia, nighttime sweats, nightmares, stressed leg syndrome, and sleep apnea.