Bastnasite Dioptase According to mindat

According to mindat

This particular stone shows a noteworthy fluorescence under UV light

whose label states that the specimen came from Edwin Skidmore originally

The underside is not complete where it was removed from the pocket wall

Bastnasite Dioptase According to mindatThis Bastnasite is a beautiful, golden orange color gem with a "Square Cushion" cut. The stone is VERY very slightly included, which is well above average for this material. This stone looks beautiful in person and would fill a spot in any rare gem collection. In the early 2000s the locality at Zagi Mountain in Pakistan provided collectors with some of the finest quality and amazingly gemmy Bastnasite specimens. Typically, the species forms in