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Arsenopyrite and Calcite (old - uncommon locale) Whitmore Coll.
- Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
- Start Time: 01/13/2012 6:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/19/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Arsenopyrites from this obscure, older Chihuahua mining district compare with the very best from other Mexican locales, China or Europe. A striking, sharp, 3.8 x 2.8 cm, splendent, metallic-silver, platy, arsenopyrite crystal is surrounded by more arsenopyrites, a bed of quartz crystals and small tan calcite rhombs which are richly overgrown with spherical aggregates of either brown, flattened calcite or siderite rhombs. This is a very rare and excellent combination from this uncommon locale. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection.