![gem brookite crystal from Pakistan](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brookite-cristal-pakistan228.png)
translucent
Je vous emmène à travers mes vidéos découvrir mon expérience acquise depuis plus de 30 ans a silloner le globe entier à la recherche de pierres précieuses, de rencontre mémorables mais aussi de difficulté parfois …
actualités
Categories
![gem brookite crystal from Pakistan](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brookite-cristal-pakistan228.png)
![fancy cut boracite](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/boracite-taille-fantaisie230.png)
![twinned boleite crystals from Boleo, Mexico](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/boleite-cristaux-boleo-mexique231.png)
![square cut bikitaite](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bikitaite-carree234.png)
![pear cut benitoite from United States](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/benitoite-poire-usa237.png)
![bastnaesite from Zagi in Pakistan](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bastnaesite-zaighee-pakistan238.png)
bastnaesite
ck_admin
March 24, 2021
It takes its name from the mine Bastnas Riddarhyttan in Vastmanland in Sweden where it was discovered. There are three varieties of bastnaesite based on the predominant “rare earth element” (rare metallic chemical elements) in it. Here lanthanum is the dominating but also cerium can