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Bi-colored Fluorapophyllite "disco ball"
- Rahuri, Ahmadnagar Dist., Maharashtra, India
- Miniature, 5.5 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
- Start Time: 01/05/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/09/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A stunning, sculptural, radial cluster of highly lustrous, water-clear, colorless to mint-green, cubically-tipped fluorapophyllite crystals, from the now infamous find of 2001. It looks a corsage. You simply cannot get them on the market, any more! These have a special place in the midst of all the other Indian minerals and some people call them "disco balls" for good reason. They sparkle incredibly in person. A few pearlescent stilbite blades are noted on one side at the base. This piece is in excellent shape, with the few cleaved crystals mostly on one edge. Ex Bob Trimingham Collection and purchased, when the find was new in 2002. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!!