- TUC16B-162
- Bastnasite of unusual crystal form
- Zagi Mountain, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
- Miniature, 3.9 x 2.8 x 0.7 cm
- $2,200.00 Payment Plan Available
A large and attractive doubly terminated, crystal, of highly unusual crystal habit for this species - normally the crystals should look like fat, robust barrels! This bastnasite is lustrous and translucent and exhibits a rich brownish orange color, more intense when backlit. Bastnasite is a rare earth hexagonal species and usually occurs in barrel shaped crystals at all of its localities. This crystal is simply bizarre. I have never seen the like.