Datolite & Ilvaite on Calcite (ex D.Trinchillo Sr. Coll.)

Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia
Miniature, 5.4 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm
Start Time: 09/23/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/29/2011 6:41:59 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Exceptionally sharp, colorless, water-clear, flattened, calcite rhombs cover the mounded calcite matrix. A multitude of lustrous, tiny, ilvaite crystals and a few yellowish, included datolite crystals make for a showy, very unusual and rare combination specimen from the famous Verchniy Mine. Comes with a custom-made and engraved lucite base valued at $100, for free. Ex Vladimir Kuvshinov and Daniel Trinchillo Sr. Collections and was featured in a recent major Natural History auction (a few years ago). Valued at $600.

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