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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
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$2,600 | 01/30/2025 6:33:29 pm (CST) |
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