Euchroite (OLD! Type Locality)

Item Description

A superb old-time euchroite specimen from the famous Type Locality. Three corsages of crystals, to 9 mm, of intergrown, sharp, lustrous, grass-green, euchroite crystals are very aesthetically clustered on the gossan matrix plate. There is no evidence of glue under UV light beneath the crystals to indicate this piece was fabricated, and we believe them to be in their original position on matrix and unglued. The faded old label on the back dates to te 1800s, we would assume. The German city name Neusohl was used in the Empire of Austria until 1867, but both Neusohl and Banska Bystrica were used until 1920, when the city was officially renamed. From an East Coast collection. Value of such a fine old rarity is hard to determine. the Label is certainly part of that value.