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Zircon in Biotite

$ 149.99

ID10066

Location: Store Kufjorden, Seiland, Finnmark, Norway

Size: 73x71x65 mm (466 gram)

Description

There is a nice crystal on the top (22 mm long) with great red shining. You will also see some minor damages on this crystal.

Otherwise there is a lot of other crystals on the specimen (all damaged).

Please watch video to get a better view:
https://youtu.be/w3csC2yGS-A

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

 

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