Botryoidal Fluorite

Minggang Mine, Shihe Dist., Xinyang, Henan, China
Cabinet, 10.3 x 9.9 x 4.8 cm
Start Time: 01/23/2025 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/30/2025 6:39:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $2,600

Item Description

Pleasing rich purple, moderately translucent fluorite botryoids with matte luster faces are aesthetically clustered on the sculptural, large, blocky matrix. The interesting, compound botryoid in the middle is 3.2 cm across. Minggang Mine fluorites are now famous, due to their distinctive purple color and rare botryoidal habit. Botryoidal fluorite is rare worldwide and this is a very fine large example. From the mid-2000s finds here in China (purple ones) and comparable to but larger and deeper color than the famous old purple fluorite of similar style from near Canon City, Colorado. An excellent and aesthetic large example with isolated, not densely intergrown, botryoids from the locale. Old material now!

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$2,600 01/30/2025 6:33:29 pm (CST)
$2,550 01/30/2025 6:31:19 pm (CST)
$2,500 01/30/2025 6:31:19 pm (CST)
$2,450 01/30/2025 6:29:53 pm (CST)
$2,400 01/30/2025 6:29:53 pm (CST)
$2,350 01/30/2025 6:29:39 pm (CST)
$2,300 01/30/2025 6:28:49 pm (CST)
$2,250 01/30/2025 6:28:44 pm (CST)
$2,200 01/30/2025 6:28:44 pm (CST)
$2,150 01/30/2025 6:27:38 pm (CST)
$2,100 01/30/2025 6:27:25 pm (CST)
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$1,950 01/30/2025 6:26:45 pm (CST)
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$1,750 01/30/2025 6:25:39 pm (CST)
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$1,650 01/30/2025 6:24:46 pm (CST)
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$278 01/26/2025 9:25:11 am (CST)
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* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.