Baryte (great quality)

Meikle Mine, Bootstrap Dist., Elko Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Start Time: 03/30/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/06/2023 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $210
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Item Description

This is a showy and highly displayable specimen featuring a predominant, 5.1 cm, gemmy, lustrous, thick, tabular beautiful golden colored Baryte from the famous Meikle Mine sitting among additional Baryte crystals on minor matrix. Very good quality, I can see one tiny imperfection on the main Baryte, but the piece is in great shape overall. It also displays beautifully on its own without the aid of a base or clay. Classic material and hard to photograph, and I would say better in person. I would put a value of about $1,250 on this one. m the collection of Colorado mining legend, Dave Bergman. Dave is now retired from mining, but spent many years underground, including as the foreman and primary person in charge of recovering specimens at the famous Sweet Home Mine near Alma, Colorado during the late 1970s. He is also the maternal grandfather of Brian Kosnar. See Dave's photo mining at the Sweet Home on page 58 of Peter Bancroft's book "Gem and Crystal Treasures"

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$210 04/06/2023 1:43:48 pm (CDT)
$200 04/06/2023 1:43:47 pm (CDT)
$190 04/06/2023 1:43:43 pm (CDT)
$180 04/06/2023 1:43:43 pm (CDT)
$170 04/06/2023 12:59:54 pm (CDT)
$160 04/04/2023 12:38:00 am (CDT)
$150 * 04/04/2023 12:37:52 am (CDT)
$150 * 04/04/2023 12:37:52 am (CDT)
$140 04/03/2023 11:14:48 pm (CDT)
$130 04/02/2023 1:09:22 am (CDT)
$125 04/02/2023 1:09:22 am (CDT)
$120 04/02/2023 1:09:17 am (CDT)
$110 04/02/2023 1:09:17 am (CDT)
$100 04/02/2023 1:08:53 am (CDT)
$90 04/02/2023 1:08:53 am (CDT)
$80 04/02/2023 1:08:43 am (CDT)
$70 04/02/2023 1:08:43 am (CDT)
$60 04/02/2023 1:08:39 am (CDT)
$50 04/02/2023 1:08:39 am (CDT)
$45 04/01/2023 9:49:20 pm (CDT)
$40 04/01/2023 5:32:56 pm (CDT)
$35 04/01/2023 2:54:20 pm (CDT)
$30 04/01/2023 1:59:19 pm (CDT)
$25 04/01/2023 1:35:07 pm (CDT)
$20 04/01/2023 1:25:36 pm (CDT)
$15 04/01/2023 9:34:22 am (CDT)
$10 03/31/2023 11:59:53 pm (CDT)
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