Adamite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Gold Hill Mine, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Start Time: 10/01/2020 8:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/08/2020 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $32
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Item Description

An older Adamite from the famous Gold Hill Mine. This piece features small semi-radial groups of beautiful blue-green Adamite sitting on oxidized matrix. The Adamites measure around 1 mm or so, and we have photographed them with a Canon MP-E 65 mm macro lens to better illustrate the quality. Beautiful old material from this famous locality dating back many decades. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#9318). Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#). Kay was a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics. She nearly lived 100 years from April 1920 - March 2020. See the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record ( https://www.mineralogicalrecord.com/pdfs/Kay%20Robertson%20Collection.pdf ), and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$32 10/05/2020 8:01:15 am (CDT)
$27 10/05/2020 8:01:15 am (CDT)
$22 10/05/2020 8:00:59 am (CDT)
$17 10/05/2020 8:00:59 am (CDT)
$10 10/02/2020 11:13:52 pm (CDT)