Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Galena (old classic) ex Obodda

Limestone quarry, Bergheim, Ribeauville, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Cabinet, 12.0 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm
Start Time: 11/10/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/15/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Translucent, lustrous, frosted, pretty lilac fluorite cubes with striking and beautiful purple edge phantoms are aesthetically scattered along the large matrix plate. The largest cube is 2.0 cm and they are nicely accented, with a rare for the locale, 6 mm etched galena cube. Im great shape, overall, with only a light corner cleave to the large cube. Classic, aesthetic and excellent old-time material from this well-known and now extinct locale. Super fluorescence. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock and comes with an old, faded 1800s to early 1900s German label. Herb valued this at $500, five or more years ago.

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