Chevkinite-(Ce)

Item Description

Chevkinite-(Ce) is a rare REE silicate, with perhaps the world's finest examples coming from Pakistan. These Chevkinites are splendent, well-terminated, and nicely formed with a modified tabular habit. The crystals are intergrown, but not so much that you can't appreciate the excellent terminations and lustrous faces that do exist. These euhedral crystals are significant in size, with the largest, partially complete crystals in the 1.5-2.5 cm range. This is a showy and highly representative example of the rare species and uncommon locality from finds in the late 1990s. valued $800-1000