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Fluorite with Quartz
- La Fluorita Dulcita Claim, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
- Ex. George Loud; Bruce Wood
- Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 5.9 x 3.2 cm
- Start Time: 01/23/2025 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $112
Item Description
A sculptural and fairly hard to find piece from the La Fluorita Dulcita Claim in south-central Arizona. While this is somewhat specialized material, I think the collectors who are familiar with it would say that this locality is best known for it's beautiful purple "ochsenaugen" (ox eye) habit crystals, but this piece features the more traditional octahedral habit with translucent gemmy crystals measuring up to 1.8 cm across, with minor associated Quartz on the lower side of the piece. Minor roughness, but overall, it's a showy piece of this well-known material. A very nice piece for any fan of worldwide Fluorites or minerals from Arizona.
Formerly in the collection of Bruce Wood, and collected by Fabian Liera in 2014.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 9.2.1 AZ.6; 9923. George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/george-loud for more information
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Bidding History
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$112 | 02/01/2025 4:42:12 pm (CST) |
$102 | 01/24/2025 10:51:55 am (CST) |
$100 | 01/24/2025 10:51:55 am (CST) |
$90 | 01/24/2025 10:51:42 am (CST) |
$80 | 01/24/2025 10:51:42 am (CST) |
$70 | 01/24/2025 10:51:37 am (CST) |
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$50 | 01/24/2025 10:51:31 am (CST) |
$45 | 01/24/2025 10:51:31 am (CST) |
$40 | 01/24/2025 10:51:26 am (CST) |
$35 | 01/24/2025 10:51:26 am (CST) |
$30 | 01/24/2025 10:51:21 am (CST) |
$25 | 01/24/2025 10:51:20 am (CST) |
$20 | 01/24/2025 10:51:14 am (CST) |
$15 | 01/24/2025 10:51:14 am (CST) |
$10 | 01/23/2025 10:40:30 pm (CST) |