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Fluorite (Wein Coll.)
- Corvara Mine (Rabenstein), Pensertal, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
- Cabinet, 10.8 x 7.0 x 6.9 cm
- Start Time: 02/05/2009 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/12/2009 8:01:37 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A showy and excellent CABINET cluster of large, glassy, lightly frosted, transparent, light sea-green to nearly colorless, fluorite cubes from the famous and CLASSIC Italian locality of the Corvara Mine, South Tyrol. The large cube in the right, front is 4.8 cm across and the big, perpendicular crystal behind it is 6.0 cm. Highly representative of this historic locale, where mining started in 17th century as a silver mine! Ex Rolf Wein Collection, a noted Alpine specialist.