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Chrysoprase (NEW FIND - polished)
- Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Gmina Zabkowice Slaskie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
- Miniature, 4.5 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
- Start Time: 04/07/2019 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/11/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Chrysoprase is the apple-green variety of chalcedony. The color is caused by tiny inclusions of Nickel-bearing layered silicates. This very colorful, showy and polished piece is from a NEW FIND at this historic old nickel deposit, mined since the Middle Ages and finally abandoned in 1980 (MINDAT). This sculptural matrix miniature hosts a striking wraparound polished vein of glorious, lustrous, translucent, rich apple-green chrysoprase. High quality material from a new find.
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