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Fleischerite (Type Locality) Smithsonian & Pinch Coll
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Thumbnail, 0.8 x 0.2 x 0.1 cm
- Start Time: 07/26/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/01/2013 6:34:54 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Fleischerite is an ultra-rare hydrated Pb-Ge sulfate, known from only two localities world wide. The famous Tsumeb Mine is the Type Locality and this is one of the super rarities, for which, Tsumeb is renowned. A white lathe is enclosed in a 2-cm gel-cap. Ex Smithsonian Museum and Bill Pinch Collections. Bill is a very well-known rarities collector, and he traded this sample by exchange from our Smithsonian museum. VERY rare on the market in ANY form and size. Valued at $1000 in exchange