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Epidote (classic locale)
- Knappenwand, Untersulzbach Valley, Salzburg, Austria
- Miniature, 3.4 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
- Start Time: 06/01/2009 6:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/11/2009 6:04:50 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Gemmy and lustrous, olive-green to olive-brown epidote crystals in a dense, enechelon pattern form a showy and excellent specimen from the premiere world-wide locality for epidote. Most of these were found prior to the 1950s, and as far as 100 years back The large, gemmy crystal is 2.2 cm. Very highly representative of the species and renowned locale, despite the modest periphery wear understandable in an antique specimen.