Bertrandite with Quartz

Kara-Oba, Betpakdala Desert, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
Small Cabinet, 5.5 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Start Time: 07/21/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/28/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed

Item Description

A good quality specimen featuring attractive, sharp, well-formed, lustrous white Bertrandite crystals on/with translucent slightly smoky Quartz crystals plus minor Pyrite. Good crystallized matrix Bertrandites are not common, and certainly worthwhile for anybody who collects rare minerals in good display quality specimens. This locality is probably best known for its fine quality Bertrandite specimens.

Did You Know We Offer Custom Bases?

Learn More