Calcite xls w/ coating (Kay Robertson Coll.)

Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Small Cabinet, 5.8 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 03/05/2020 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/12/2020 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $35
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Item Description

Striking, colorful, preferential iron oxide coatings on this sculptural two-sided cluster of intergrown sharp translucent gray calcite rhombs from Serifos Island, famed for outstanding green actinolite-included quartz "prases" and ilvaite crystals. The large central rhomb is 2.4 cm on edge. Calcite specimens of this exceptional quality are extremely rare. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 12003 and acquired from Brad van Scriver at the 1989 MSSC Show. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien-Welt" November-December 2017). A very fine, rare and pristine two-sided calcite from the locale.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$35 03/12/2020 6:19:45 pm (CDT)
$30 03/12/2020 1:03:23 pm (CDT)
$25 03/12/2020 12:57:26 pm (CDT)
$25 03/12/2020 1:03:23 pm (CDT)
$23 03/12/2020 12:57:25 pm (CDT)
$10 03/07/2020 9:40:55 pm (CST)