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Barite (older classic CO) Urish Coll.
- Sterling Mine, Stoneham, Weld Co., Colorado
- Miniature, 3.4 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
- Start Time: 05/03/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/10/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very aesthetic specimen of classic, transparent to translucent, greenish-blue, barite prisms with chisel terminations from the famous Sterling Mine of Colorado. The variably sized prisms make this a very fine piece. Barite has been known from this classic Colorado locale since the 1870s and this specimen dates to the 1970s collecting efforts. Complete all-around and nearly pristine, with only a broken sidecar crystal on the left side. Fine older material from this locality. Ex Harold Urish Collection # 89 and acquired in 1975.