Zircon on albite/phlogopite matrix with nepheline
Gridone near Camedo, Centovalli, Ticino, Switzerland
Intact, densely packed, pink zircon crystals (2 cm x 1.7 cm) on matrix. Highly distorted habit, type sz*14, with a rare {001} face (cf. LAPIS 10/2007, p. 20). A fine cabinet piece, well presented. Recovered in May 2019 from Nepheline Pegmatite #2 on the northern flank of Gridone, ex Stefan Weiss Collection (H.859-89). All zircons from this globally unique locality are chemically exceptionally pure and therefore exhibit intense yellow fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Zircon – Gridone, Centovalli, Ticino, Switzerland
SKU: 24.06.65
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Size
4.5 cm x 3.8 cm
Location
Gridone near Camedo, Centovalli, Ticino, Switzerland