Bastnäsite (rare)

Item Description

Zagi Mountain is an interesting and unique rare-earth pegmatite locality in Pakistan that has provided collectors with some of the finest quality and amazingly gemmy Bastnasite crystals ever found. These crystals started popping up on the market in early 2000s, and they have set the standard for the species in terms of size, color and quality combined. The true significance of these crystals was that they were thick enough to yield faceted stones, which was a big deal, as the species typically forms in relatively thin blades and was never suitable enough for cutting stones. The stones cut from some of these crystals from Pakistan are extremely rare and highly prized by collectors. It should be noted that these gems often have some sort of inclusions, and completely eye clean stones are very hard to find. This particular stone is a beautiful, rich orange color gem with an "Oval Brilliant" cut. The stone is very slightly included which is well above average for this material. This stone would fill a spot in any rare gem collection.