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Zircons in Biotite

$ 149.99

ID10080

Location: Store Kufjorden, Seiland, Finnmark, Norway

Size: 68x59x57 mm (342 gram)

Description

Two mid size zircon crystals (the biggest is 23 mm) with some smaller damages. In addition there are a lot of damaged zircons on this specimen. I estimate that 30-40% of the specimen is zircon.

Please watch the video for a better view.
The video can also be seen on https://youtu.be/ZB56-J1yfSc

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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