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Balangeroite (ultra rare - Type Locality) Belsky Coll.
- Balangero-Corio area, Lanzo Massif, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
- Small Cabinet, 7.7 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
- Start Time: 04/01/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/07/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
balangeroite is a ultra rare fibrous asbestoid silicate unique in this world to this area. It was discovered in 1983, a few years before Howard Belsky's untimely death. Soft, lustrous, brassy, fiber-like crystals form this showy solid specimen of balangeroite. Seldom on the market.