Anatase

Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan

5,5×4,5×3,5 cm. (main Anatase 1,1x1x0,8 cm.)

This locality is famous for producing, from the early 2000s, impressive alpine-type Anatase crystals, well known  for perfection and luster. This small cabinet  features a superb tetragonal crystal of Anatase measuring up to 1 cm sitting on a bed of white yellowish  albite blades with a few associated quartz crystals; the Anatase is very sharp, highly lustrous and feature horizontal striations.