Fluorite on Sphalerite

Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Chad Dalrymple
Small Cabinet, 7.4 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Start Time: 09/14/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/21/2023 6:54:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $870
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Item Description

A striking, gem, sky-blue, stepped, 2.3 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm, fluorite cube with a delightful purple interior phantom and lustrous, satin luster stepped-growth faces. The cube is dramatically and aesthetically perched on the sculptural, elongated rubyjack sphalerite matrix nicely accented with a cluster of smaller gem, blue fluorite cubes and etched fluorite beneath the large cube. Purple LW UV fluorite fluoresence. Ex Chad Dalrymple collection of Ardmore, Oklahoma who passed away in 1995. We recently obtained a portion of his collection. Chad acquired this very showy fluorite combination specimen from well-known Indiana collector and dealer, Harris Precht in May, 1995. See the 2022 Mineralogical Record article on Harris in Vol. 53, No. 3.

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Bidding History

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$870 09/21/2023 6:50:11 pm (CDT)
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