Zircon (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

It's not easy to find good red Zircons on matrix from any world locality, but the pieces from Astor are well-known in the mineral world. This piece features a sharp, lustrous, red crystal of Zircon measuring 2.1 cm on Mica/Quartz matrix. A good quality Zircon, and in pretty good shape overall with only a few tiny nicks. One does not see many of these specimens on the market anymore these days. If you're a collector of minerals from Pakistan, this is a nice red Zircon to add to your collection. From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016). David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.