Bastnäsite

  
Origin: Red Cloud Mine, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA
Sample size: 3 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Zegi Mountain, Khyber Agency, Fata, Pakistan
Sample size: 2.0 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
 
  
Ex. Marty Zinn collection
  
 
  
 
Origin: Zagi Mountain,Near Peshawar, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
Sample size: 12 x 7 x 6 cm (top/2nd row), 2.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm (3rd row), 4.4 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (4th row), 1.6 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (bottom)
 
  
Bastnäsite crystal next to a magnesite crystal
Origin: Trimouns, Luzenac, France
Ex. Marty Zinn collection
Sample size: 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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