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Locality: Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Anatase is a form of titanium dioxide, TiO2, one of three minerals with that formula along with rutile and brookite. Its name comes from the Greek for extension, for the unusually tall pyramid of its usual crystals compared with other tetragonal minerals.
Anatase crystals are typically sharp, pointed dipyramids with an adamantine to metallic lustre. They can be brown, yellow, reddish brown, indigo or black, and pyramidal crystals can look opaque because light is totally reflected inside them. Anatase usually forms from other titanium-bearing minerals, and in Alpine-type veins it is derived from the enclosing gneiss or schist by hydrothermal solutions.
This one of a kind Anatase specimen from the Kharan District of Balochistan, Pakistan features several sharp, dark grey to black Anatase crystals set across a pale, rough matrix with tan and rusty brown iron staining. The Anatase crystals show clean geometric faces, stepped growth lines, and a strong metallic to glassy lustre, with a few larger crystals standing out clearly from the surrounding smaller points. Clear to milky Quartz crystals are scattered through the matrix, including a light yellowish Quartz point near one edge. The piece has a compact, low-profile shape with good contrast between the black Anatase, pale Quartz, and earthy host rock.
Kharan District material is well known among collectors for producing sharp anatase on quartz- and albite-rich matrix, and the district’s occurrences are tied to pegmatitic and alpine-type settings. Mindat lists quartz and albite among the most common associated minerals at these localities, and published descriptions of Kharan pieces from Zard Mountain describe the same general style of quartz-albite matrix with dark, lustrous anatase crystals.
Many people are drawn to anatase for its crisp structure and focused look. In metaphysical circles, it is often associated with concentration, clarity, and staying mentally steady during periods of change. On a specimen like this, that appeal comes from the mineral’s naturally disciplined crystal form as much as from any symbolic tradition attached to it.
Chemical Composition: TiO2
Quantity: 1pc
With this product, you will get the actual stone in the photograph.