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Elegant Calcite "flower" (Steve Smale Coll.)
- Wenshan County, Yunnan, China
- Miniature, 4.7 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
- Start Time: 09/17/2021 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/23/2021 7:20:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $1,100
Item Description
A truly elegant and pristine radiating cave calcite "flower" from the well-known Wenshan Mine, famous for beautiful blue hemimorphite and aragonite specimens. The striking "petals" are glassy, water-clear, colorless, flattened, modified elongate rhombohedrons. Ex Dr. Steve Smale Collection. Steve has assembled one of the world's finest private collections and is also a world renowned mathematician. He collects only exceptional quality specimens. Read more about Steve at: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/smalestephen/. This superb calcite is amazing in its beauty, form and simplicity. Superb!
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Bidding History
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| $1,100 * | 09/23/2021 7:10:59 pm (CDT) |
| $1,100 * | 09/23/2021 7:10:59 pm (CDT) |
| $1,050 | 09/23/2021 7:06:52 pm (CDT) |
| $1,000 | 09/23/2021 7:02:08 pm (CDT) |
| $955 | 09/23/2021 6:58:10 pm (CDT) |
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* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.