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Boracite (rare borate)
- Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England
- Thumbnail, 2.3 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
- Start Time: 01/25/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/01/2018 6:44:40 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Gorgeous sharp gemmy aqua-green colored boracite crystals cover both sides of this sculptural thumbnail The sharp orthorhombic crowning crystal is 4 mm. Boracite is a rare borate with the very finest and richest examples coming from the early to mid 1990s finds at this well-known underground potash mine in England. This specimen is solid boracite. Very attractive. In the light, the Boracites sparkle like a handful of fancy blue-green diamonds.
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