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Xenotime-(Y) ex Obodda
- Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Miniature, 4.1 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
- Start Time: 08/15/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/21/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Xenotime-(Y) is yttrium phosphate and is a minor accessory mineral in acidic and alkalic igneous rocks and pegmatites. Three, intergrown, gemmy and lustrous, honey-yellow, tetragonal crystals to 5 mm are nicely set on the oxidized granitic matrix. Showy, highly representative material from Zagi Mountain. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock. He is the one who first brought these to market at the time