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Chrysocolla (uncommon locale) ex Wes Parker Coll.
- Douglas Hill Mine, Artesia Lake, Lyon Co., Nevada
- Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 5.9 x 2.0 cm
- Start Time: 10/08/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/15/2009 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Vivid, turquoise-blue, chrysocolla covers the matrix plate on this very showy specimen from the less well-known Douglas Hill Mine of Nevada. The chrysocolla has a weird and unusual pockmarked-look to it and some of the chrysocolla is very highly lustrous and botryoidal. Strange. The mine produces copper. Highly representative of the species and locale and seldom available. The back of the piece has been sawed to enhance the display quality. Ex Wes Parker Collection, purchased from Doug Wallace who had a lot of this material in the 90s.