Xenotime-(Y) with rare RUTILE inclusions

Item Description

The crystals of Xenotime from Novo Horizonte are so large and fine for the species, I honestly mistook them for Zircon crystals when I first saw them. You almost never see Xenotime crystals of this size, but if you do, they're often dull and rounded, so not only is this a big and fine quality crystal for the locality, it's very impressive for this rare-earth yttrium phosphate in general worldwide. The piece is notably smooth and complete all around with wonderful dark gold-brown color and a tiny bit of translucency on the edges when backlit. Additionally, the piece has wonderful reflective luster and textbook tetragonal form with a beautiful pyramidal termination, but the BEST aspect is that if you look closely, there are dozens of rare golden Rutile "needle" inclusions just below the surface! Not only is it a fine quality Xenotime, but the added Rutile inclusion rarity just bumps it up a notch. A fantastic thumbnail sized specimen of this well known material from Brazil. Priced in the inventory at $950.