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Benitoite on Natrolite (Whitmore Coll.)
- Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
- Miniature, 3.1 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
- Start Time: 05/01/2011 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/05/2011 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A showy and classic benitoite on natrolite miniature. Lustrous, partially gemmy, indigo-blue, benitoite crystals to 1.3 cm are richly strewn on the top and sides of the contrasting natrolite matrix. A couple of benitoites on the periphery are bruised, but certainly nothing to detraction. Excellent, highly representative older material from this famous and extinct mine. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection.