Azurite sun

Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia
Cabinet, 11.2 x 7.1 x 3.7 cm
Start Time: 01/12/2023 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/19/2023 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Winning Bid: $606
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Item Description

A stunning 4.1 cm bi-colored azurite "sun" dominates one side of this outstanding two-sided large and sculptural specimen from recent finds in Australia. The surreal rosette has a bright royal-blue rim accenting the navy-blue mounded crystallized interior and is dramatically accented with the bifurcating royal-blue line across the middle. Numerous smaller "suns", to 2.1 cm, with more heavily crystallized navy-blue azurite cover the back of the layered kaolinite siltstone matrix. The azurite suns form between layers of kaolinized siltstone. The aggregates were forced to grow in a laterally compressed, radiating manner. Not another azurite locality in the world produces them quite like this. An exceptional large and rich two-sided matrix piece with multiple "suns" highlighted by the striking large single "sun" on one side.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$606 01/19/2023 4:49:51 pm (CST)
$581 01/19/2023 4:44:43 pm (CST)
$556 01/19/2023 4:44:06 pm (CST)
$550 01/19/2023 4:44:06 pm (CST)
$525 01/19/2023 4:40:17 pm (CST)
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$454 01/19/2023 4:13:14 pm (CST)
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$410 01/19/2023 4:12:12 pm (CST)
$400 01/19/2023 4:12:12 pm (CST)
$360 01/19/2023 3:35:08 pm (CST)
$350 01/19/2023 3:35:08 pm (CST)
$300 * 01/19/2023 10:12:04 am (CST)
$300 * 01/19/2023 10:12:04 am (CST)
$232 01/17/2023 7:41:21 pm (CST)
$222 01/17/2023 7:41:21 pm (CST)
$220 01/14/2023 2:52:14 pm (CST)
$210 01/14/2023 2:52:14 pm (CST)
$143 01/14/2023 11:36:06 am (CST)
$133 01/14/2023 11:36:06 am (CST)
$113 01/13/2023 3:24:28 pm (CST)
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$62 01/13/2023 10:03:01 am (CST)
$52 01/13/2023 10:03:01 am (CST)
$10 01/12/2023 10:08:09 pm (CST)
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