Zircons in biotite
$ 349.99
ID10061
Location: Store Kufjorden, Seiland, Finnmark, Norway
Size: 67x45x30Â mm (162 gram)
Description
Beautiful Zircons in Biotite.
There is a nice and undamaged crystal, partly grown together with another zircon, and also a smaller twin crystal.
In addition there is also a crystal at the backside. This one got some damages, but got nice color (also a smaller crystal with nice color).
There are also 2 smaller crystals.
Please watch video for a better view.
https://youtu.be/ALiGnwecdfg
Zircons from Seiland
Zircons from Seiland are by far the world's greatest because of their deep orange/red color with transparent and gemmy areas. The zircons are yellow SW and LW UV fluorescence.
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The zircon site has been heavily mined in the '80s and '90s, and nowadays it is extremely difficult to collect decent specimens without spending several days with heavy tools for mining. It is also at the border of the Seiland National Park, so you would have problems with granting rights to do mining. The specimen for sale is from the 1990s when it was still easy to find zircons, and before the National Park was established (in 2006).
The specimen was found late in the late 1990s by my father, Gunnar Mathisen, who had exploration rights back then.
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For more information about Seiland, visit my page:
https://www.norwayminerals.com/seiland
