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Calcite (RARE Irish locality!) (ex Tim Sherburn Collection)
- Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Meath County, Leinster, Ireland
- Small Cabinet, 9.0 x 7.2 x 5.3 cm
- Start Time: 09/29/2022 9:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/06/2022 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $298
Item Description
This is the ONLY specimen of Calcite that we've ever had to offer from this lesser-known lead-zinc mine that lies about 50 miles northwest of Dublin. This beautiful piece features HIGHLY lustrous, sparkling, colorless, "dog tooth" habit crystals of Calcite which have overgrown a previous generation of white opaque Calcite underneath, and are accented by inclusions of an unknown grey mineral. There are a few bruises on the piece, so it's not 100% damage free, but it's still a fine quality and showy overall specimen. If you collect worldwide Calcites, how many of you can say you have a piece from the Navan Mine (Tara Mine) in your collection? This piece comes to us from the collection of Tim Sherburn, a well-known collector from San Diego who among other things assembled a fine suite of minerals from the UK and Ireland over his nearly 50 years of collecting minerals.
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Bidding History
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$298 | 10/06/2022 6:35:55 pm (CDT) |
$288 | 10/06/2022 6:35:55 pm (CDT) |
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$92 | 10/06/2022 4:06:04 am (CDT) |
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$61 | 10/03/2022 6:29:47 pm (CDT) |
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$10 | 09/30/2022 6:32:47 pm (CDT) |