Framed Mineral print by Eberhard Equit

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Eberhard Equit, 1939-2016, was an acknowledged master at the art of painting mineral specimens. His superb water colors were at a 1:1 scale with accuracy down to 0.05 mm! He self-published three magnificicent over-sized coffee-table books, of which, Masterworks of Saxon Minerals (in German - 1994), was the first. Masterworks was published as both a hardcover book and as a folio with serparate prints. The hardcover has 151 pages with 11 pages of Saxon mines and localities and numerous superb mineral paintings. This superb framed print includes mimetite and tobernite. See his memorial in the Rocks & Minerals article: http://www.rocksandminerals.org/Back%20Issues/2017/March-April%202017/memoriam-equit.html. A remarkable artist. These normally sell for a premium when copies turn up.