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Cerussite (rare - old) ex Sorbonne Museum and Elling Coll.
- Mfouati, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
- Miniature, 3.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
- Start Time: 10/01/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/06/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Mineral specimens of any species from this obscure locale are very seldom on the market. Double your pleasure with two, distinctly different, adamantine-luster cerussite crystals with fine smoky color. The tall, bullet-like crystal is a doubly terminated cyclic-twin with two sides having fin-like side blades. The bent crystal is also a cyclic-twin with both sides having striking, stepped-growth faces. Ex Sorbonne Museum. Specimens from this locale probably date from the 1920s to perhaps the 1960s. Ex George Elling Collection.