Parisite-(Ce) (rare carbonate)

Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopu Mining District, Boyaca Department, Colombia (Type Locality)
Thumbnail, 1.1 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Start Time: 01/18/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/25/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

The famous Muzo Emerald Mine is the Type Locality of this rare REE carbonate. This excellent thumbnail specimen is a slightly tapered, lustrous, translucent, waxy yellowish-brown pseudohexagonal crystal. A showy and highly representative example of this rarity from Colombia. There are about three localities in the world for good Parisite-(Ce) crystals: Mt Malosa, Malawi; Zagi Mt, Pakistan and the best crystals which are from the Muzo Mine.

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