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Size: 146 x 50 x 30 mm
Location: Pakistan
Fluoresces yellow-orange with both 365nm long wave and 254nm short wave ultraviolet light
Koksha Valley
Dark Blue Dravite, Uvite in a Beautiful Green Mica Rich Matrix with Sapphires axinite crystals Size: 146 x 50 xThis is a large, blue dravite uvite crystal in a green mica rich matrix with small gemmy blue sapphires. The crystal displays a perfect ditriagonal pyramidal crystal habit. These specimens first surfaced in the gem markets of Peshawar, Pakistan, in late 2009. Blue and green fibrous tourmalines were uncovered in the late 2000s as a by product of sapphire mining operations in the Kokcha Valley. Sapphire mining takes place near the village of Hazrat
