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RM559   Allanite-(Ce) with calcite and talc

Gem quality allanite-(Ce) specimen, with a good size, elongated and showing well defined faces and edges. It is embedded in the matrix of calcite with brilliant talc. Transparency and luster are excellent and shows a zoning toasted honey color, with green pleochroism visible depending on light. It is accompanied by other smaller crystal similarly defined and transparent. The area where I extracted no longer exists, when quarry has been extended. A piece of Rare Earths (REE) of a classic French locality, aesthetic and not easy to be found nowadays.

Size: 5,5 x 4,0 x 2,8 cm.
Main crystal: 15 x 3 mm.
Found in 2006.
It shows Pleochroism
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