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Catapleite (uncommon locale) Behier Coll.
- Narsarsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
- Miniature, 3.4 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
- Start Time: 11/17/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 11/25/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Catapleite is a rare species from the unusual deposits of Greenland and is very seldom on the market. The matrix is covered with glassy, translucent blades to 1.2 cm. Ex Jean Behier Collection, a prominent collector and mineralogist associated most often with the development of the mining industry in Madagascar from 1953 until his death in 1965 and the Alain Martaud Collection.