Bastnäsite

Origin: Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege, France

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Bastnäsite on fluorite

Origin: Red Cloud mines, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Lou Perloff

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Origin: Madonna D'Ongera, Carona/Ticin, Switzerland

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 1 cm

 

  

Bastnäsite-La

Origin: Mochalin Log, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia

Sample size: Brown massive 1cm piece

 

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Origin: Shinwaro, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
ex. Ralph Clark Collection

Sample size: 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm

 

  

 

  

Origin: Pech, Nuristan, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 2.5 x 1.6 x 1 cm (top), 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (2nd/bottom row)

 

  

Origin: Zagi Mountain, NWFP, Pakistan

Sample size: 3.1 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm

 

  

Origin: Zegi Mountain, Khyber Agency, Fata, Pakistan

Sample size: 1.2 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm

 

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Bastnäsite on dolomite

Origin: Trimmouns Mine, Luzenac, France

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 cm

 

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Origin: Innhavet, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway

Sample size: 2.5 x 3 cm

 

  

Rich aggregates of light brown hexgonal or rounded flakes in matrix

Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

Sample size: 2.5 x 4 cm

 

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