-
Alstonite (RARE - Type Locality) on Barite ex Mullane Coll.
- Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor Dist., Cumbria, England
- Miniature, 4.3 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
- Start Time: 03/01/2009 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/05/2009 8:09:02 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Alstonite is an ULTRA RARE barium carbonate and this showy and excellent combination specimen from the Type Locality features a sharp, 1.2 cm, pseudo-dihexagonal dipyramid jauntily set amidst sugary, snow-white barite crystals on a bit of sulfide matrix from the famous and historic Brownley Hill Mine of England. This is an EXCELLENT combination specimen of this rare species and classic locale. Ex Mullane Collection.