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Fluorite w/ spinel-twinned Galena & Pyrite
- Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
- Miniature, 4.9 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
- Start Time: 03/03/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/07/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The Huanzala mine in Peru has produced some of the most attractive and impressive fluorites from all of South America and this impressive combination specimen is from a recent find in mid-January, 2010. Vibrant, pretty pastel-pink, transparent, fluorite cuboctahedrons with frosted, intensely stepped-growth to amazingly water-clear faces are dramatically accented with striking, spinel-twinned galena crystals and mirror-bright pyrites. This very fine combination example is in excellent shape. One end is cleaved and the contacting on the back is out-of-sight. Valued at $600-800 for outstanding combination quality. Bright purple fluorescence.