Dioptase

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 73898
Miniature, 5.0 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Start Time: 01/18/2024 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/28/2024 6:36:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $1,155

Item Description

At 3.5 cm, this dioptase features a central, huge crystal that is so dramatic to the eye! This is nearly the maximal size of a Tsumeb dioptase. It has the classic color and luster, as you see. It is a little rough on the surface features, or would be worth over 10k: it simply has a few contacts where it grew against other crystals, now missing or picked out. These two points of contact have ingrowth into the big crystal, but again that is simply a growth feature, not damage. Still, a large crystal, and obvious and beautiful to the eye. The piece is on an unusual thin shard of dioptase, that grew as a coating on something else and popped off intact, so the bottom is, strangely, bubbly but complete.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$1,155 01/28/2024 6:32:23 pm (CST)
$1,105 01/28/2024 6:32:23 pm (CST)
$1,055 01/28/2024 6:29:32 pm (CST)
$1,005 01/28/2024 6:29:32 pm (CST)
$980 01/28/2024 6:28:24 pm (CST)
$955 01/28/2024 6:28:24 pm (CST)
$925 01/28/2024 6:27:47 pm (CST)
$900 01/28/2024 6:27:47 pm (CST)
$880 01/28/2024 6:27:40 pm (CST)
$855 01/28/2024 6:27:40 pm (CST)
$780 01/28/2024 6:25:13 pm (CST)
$755 01/28/2024 6:25:13 pm (CST)
$580 01/28/2024 6:25:03 pm (CST)
$555 01/28/2024 6:25:03 pm (CST)
$420 01/28/2024 6:14:23 pm (CST)
$410 01/28/2024 6:14:23 pm (CST)
$310 01/28/2024 12:02:55 pm (CST)
$300 01/28/2024 12:02:55 pm (CST)
$241 01/28/2024 9:48:46 am (CST)
$231 01/28/2024 9:48:46 am (CST)
$157 01/27/2024 9:59:29 pm (CST)
$147 01/27/2024 9:59:29 pm (CST)
$133 01/27/2024 8:29:43 pm (CST)
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$120 01/23/2024 10:14:21 am (CST)
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$98 01/23/2024 10:14:10 am (CST)
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$76 01/23/2024 9:57:58 am (CST)
$66 01/23/2024 6:35:50 am (CST)
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$40 01/22/2024 6:01:55 pm (CST)
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$30 01/22/2024 2:46:09 pm (CST)
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$10 01/22/2024 1:48:26 pm (CST)