Genthelvite

This locality is better known for the world's finest bastnaesite crystals. However, this rare, zinc, beryllium, silicate, sulfide, in matrix is a pretty special specimen, too. A single, lustrous, brown, crystal of genthelvite, 1.0 cm across, is nestled in a vug. I have seen only a few from the locality. On eimagines many are sold in error as zircon or some other more common species.

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Species

Genthelvite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions6.9 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm

Locality

Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Zagi Mountain

Added on10/23/2024

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Known provenance

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