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Zircon

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany, Ex L. Saemann, Paris, France
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
70.00gr
Description

Dark brown zircon crystals up to 4 mm with rounded edges and typical semi-metallic luster in-grown in quartz matrix.

A fine historic specimen which comes with rare antique Louis Sæmann label and corresponding number sticker. Louis Sæmann was born in Görlitz, Saxony, on November 11, 1821. He began as a fossil collector and worked for Adam August Krantz (1808-1872) in Berlin before opening his own competing shop in Paris in 1850. He was apparently well versed in the science of mineralogy, and wroter of various paleontological studies as well. He died in Paris, France on September 13, 1866, and his mineral business was then purchased by his old mentor, Adam Krantz in Bonn.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White

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