Barite with Dolomite and Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Cacilia (Caecilia) Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wolsendorf West District, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Small Cabinet, 6.3 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 11/02/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/09/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A beautiful group of finely-crystallized thin bladed Barites measuring up to 4.3 cm which are coated in areas by golden-yellow colored rhombic Dolomite and associated with silvery Fluorite cubes that have red iron inclusions to create a lovely two-tone effect. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#2180). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Velt" November-December 2017). A cool, odd German classic from the lesser-known locality.

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