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Barite on Galena (Valade and Whitmore Coll.)
- 121 Stope, 1250 Level, Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado
- Small Cabinet, 5.8 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
- Start Time: 09/23/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/30/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Gemmy and lustrous, tabular and elongated, amber, barite crystals richly cover one side of this showy and excellent two-sided combination piece from Leadville. The other side shows the sharp, frosted, battleship-gray, galena cubes. The barites reach 1.0 cm. Quartz needles, brassy pyrite pyritohedrons and pink manganoan calcite rhombs are excellent accents to this fine combo piece. Well-documented with even the particular stope noted on the label. Ex Vincent Valade and Robert Whitmore Collections. RARE!