Erythrite w/ Cobaltaustinite (Belsky Coll.)

Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco
Small Cabinet, 7.3 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm
Start Time: 08/12/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/19/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Pretty, iridescent, magenta, erythrite blades to about 5 mm richly and attractively line a 4.5 cm vug in matrix on this classic and showy specimen from Bou Azzer. The matrix also hosts bubbly, broken hollow botryoids of green cobaltaustinite, a very rare cobalt arsenate. This fine piece dates to 1970s finds at Bou Azzer and is from the Howard Belsky Collection. valued $400

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