Calcite and Quartz scepter (Currier Coll.)

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Small Cabinet, 9.1 x 8.4 x 6.8 cm
Start Time: 07/28/2022 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/04/2022 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $473

Item Description

Sculptural small cabinet calcite and quartz combination from the now well-known but awfully remote Huanggang Mine. Striking rosettes of bone-white flattened calcite disks richly and aesthetically surround the impressive sceptered quartz crystal. The glassy, colorless 2.7 cm sharply terminated scepter rests atop the glassy complex densely stepped-growth light smoky stalk. This is a high temperature beta-style quartz crystal. Neon-orange calcite fluorescence. Ex Rock Currier Collection No. 9074 and acquired in 2014. The piece is illustrated in the both MINDAT Huanggang Mine Calcite and Quartz Photo Galleries with photos by Rock. Rock (1940-2015) is one of the most prominent mineral dealers and well-known author and lecturer of this era. His worldwide exploits obtaining mineral specimens are legendary. See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/currierrock/ for more of his fascinating story. An exceptional and rare style of calcite and quartz combination from the locale. This one has a style to it, a little different from others. Valued $2000-ish.

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Bidding History

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$473 08/04/2022 6:24:23 pm (CDT)
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