Doubly terminated Zircon (fluorescent)

Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia
Small Cabinet, 9.3 x 5.8 x 5.4 cm
Start Time: 05/01/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/06/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

A partially gemmy, lustrous, honey-brown, zircon crystal is nicey set in matrix on this excellent specimen from a uncommon Russian locale in the Ural Mountains. The sharp, doubly terminated crystal is 2.7 cm and is large for the locale. A bit of edgewear is noted, but this remains a large for the locale and highly representative doubly terminated example of the speces. Excellent yellow fluorescence.

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