Cleavelandite (Trimingham Coll.)

Morefield Mine, Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia
Small Cabinet, 9.5 x 9.2 x 3.8 cm
Start Time: 01/25/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/30/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A showy older specimen from this well-known feldspar-mica and specimen pegmatite mine. This sculptural 4-sided piece is composed of pearlescent, tranlucent cleavelandite blades, that are as long as the piece is tall. An excellent, highly representative example of the species and locale from the Bob Trimingham Collection and was acquired in 1969.

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