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Benitoite (Soregaroli Coll.)
- Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
- Miniature, 4.5 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
- Start Time: 08/23/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/28/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Three, textbook, hexagonal, partially gemmy benitoite crystals are rich sapphire-blue to colorless and are aesthetically lined on the sculptural matrix of natrolite and serpentine. The lustrous crystals reach 1.3 cm. One end has been sawed, so the piece could be displayed vertically. Classic and excellent material from the from the Art Soregaroli Collection. Art was the Co-Editor of the large format, 2010, 544 page, Peru - Paradise of Minerals book.