Zircon (ex David Burgess Collection)

Astor Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Small Cabinet, 5.3 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Start Time: 02/14/2019 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/21/2019 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

It's not easy to find good red Zircons on matrix from any world locality, but the pieces from Astor are well-known in the mineral world. This piece features a sharp, lustrous, red crystal of Zircon measuring 2.1 cm on Mica/Quartz matrix. A good quality Zircon, and in pretty good shape overall with only a few tiny nicks. One does not see many of these specimens on the market anymore these days. If you're a collector of minerals from Pakistan, this is a nice red Zircon to add to your collection. From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016). David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.

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