Zircon
$ 649.99
ID30006
Location: Store Kufjorden, Seiland, Finnmark, Norway
Size: 32x29x19 mm (33 gram)
Description
Crystal with extreme quality.
The crystal has a beautiful inner color with gemmy areas. It is difficult to show this on pictures/video, but please watch video for the best view. I got very few crystals with this inner quality.
https://youtu.be/Yyicc0zoWzo
The specimen contains different crystals grown together as one, it got sharp edges and is almost damage free, just some minor scars.
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.
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.
For more information about Seiland, visit my page:
https://www.norwayminerals.com/seiland
