Samarskite with Columbite (Don Boydston Coll.)

Item Description

Samarskite is an uncommon rare-earth oxide found in pegmatites. This is an excellent and very showy combination specimen from the much less well-known Divino Uba pegmatite of Brazil. A sharp tan, orthorhombic, parallel-growth, samarskite crystal hosts parallel slivers of lustrous, metallic columbite crystals. The samarskite crystal is pristine. Ex Don Boydston Collection and comes with a 1950s-60s-era Burminco label. A rare and seldom available combination piece from this less common locale. valued $250