Bastnäsite-(Ce) from
Zagi Mountain (Zegi Mountain; "Shinwaro"), Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan

Zagi Mountain (Zegi Mountain; "Shinwaro"), Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan
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Description
Comments:	Some of the best bastnaesite-(Ce) crystals to date have been found at Zagi Mountain, with some prismatic samples reaching 6-7 cm in length, though the average size is less than 1 inch.
Colour:	Reddish brown, with occaisional astrophylliite inclusions.
Quality of samples:	Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Rarity at site:	Rare
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	The Mineralogical Record, Volume 35 Number 3, p. 212
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Bastnäsite-(Ce) data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Zagi Mountain (Zegi Mountain; "Shinwaro"), Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan
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