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Bournonite (new find)
- Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
- Toenail, 3.6 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
- Start Time: 09/09/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/16/2010 6:49:28 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This specimen was collected in very recently (within the last few months). It hails from one of the most exciting Bolivian locality of the last 10 years. It hosts a few attractive, sharp, tabular, metallic, rather lustrous, silvery-grey color, crystals with great form and sharp faces. For the quality, these new specimens have created a lot of excitement, so much so that one of the best pieces was featured on the cover of the March/April 2009 Issue of the Mineralogical Record! This specimen is from the same mine and certainly could have been found very near the cover piece!