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Azurite and Dolomite (rare German locale)
- Schmitt dolomite quarry, Altenmittlau, Hesse, Germany
- Small Cabinet, 7.2 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm
- Start Time: 10/01/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/04/2012 6:39:57 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This well-known quarry has produced some of the best German azurites and this is a fine and showy example. Highly lustrous, rich azure-blue rosettes, in clusters or in isolation, are very aesthetically placed in the sculptural vug lined with tan dolomite rhombs. The large cluster is 1.4 cm. The quarry is now abandoned and being backfilled. Ex Tim Welting Collection.