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Cuprite (good thumbnail) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
- Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
- Thumbnail, 1.2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
- Start Time: 04/16/2020 8:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/23/2020 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $63
Item Description
A fantastic thumbnail specimen of Cuprite from the famous Chuquicamata Mine, featuring several fine quality, well-formed crystals measuring up to 6 mm on edge free of matrix. The combination of the cubic, dodecahedral and octahedral faces make for some really eye-catching crystals. With strong backlighting, you can see a deep blood red hue inside the crystals. Fine quality all around with no major damage that I can see with the naked eye. It's important to stress that Cuprite is HARD TO FIND from this mine, and a lot of it isn't even crystallized. I think this piece could be the best thumbnail of Cuprite that we've ever had to offer from this world renowned locality. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#7915). Kay was a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).
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Bidding History
| Bid Amount | Bid Time |
|---|---|
| $63 | 04/21/2020 11:42:53 pm (CDT) |
| $60 | 04/21/2020 11:42:52 pm (CDT) |
| $50 | 04/21/2020 11:42:05 pm (CDT) |
| $45 | 04/21/2020 11:42:04 pm (CDT) |
| $30 | 04/21/2020 7:23:23 pm (CDT) |
| $25 | 04/21/2020 7:23:23 pm (CDT) |
| $20 | 04/20/2020 10:23:26 pm (CDT) |
| $18 | 04/20/2020 10:23:26 pm (CDT) |
| $15 | 04/20/2020 12:40:41 pm (CDT) |
| $10 | 04/19/2020 1:43:45 pm (CDT) |