Autunite (superb classic USA find from 1950s! ) Robertson Coll.

Item Description

A 360-degree SUPERB and super-rich specimen of fan-like clusters of lustrous, bladed yellow-green autunite from the famous Daybreak Mine of Washington. These specimens were mined in the 1960s. Every rotation provides a strikingly different perspecitve to this exceptional miniature. This specimen is of the highest quality and is nearly pristine, with only a trivial bit of contacting on one end. This is the CLASSIC US mineral and locality for a radioactive, AND the specimen happens to be extremely competitive in aesthetics and quality as well. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 4833 and acquired at the 1966 MSSC Show from Plummer's Minerals. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017). valued $500-900. must be sent by fedex within the USA, not overseas